December 7th 0 ATF - Alpha Intergalactic Research Base on the Moon of Therma

Therma's moons were known to be incredibly cold which made it ideal for a base of the Intergalactic Research Organisation.

This base in particular was hosting a meeting of top IGRO VIP's as well as a storage space of some of Lawrence Pester's secret plans.

On a mountain not far from the base was Kaori Arima in winter camouflage, her mission was find out more of the IRGO plans, but Kaori also wanted to assassinate Lawrence Pester in order to prevent the war from escalating further.

Kaori took out both of the guards with a sniper rifle before holstering it on her back before grabbing a grappling hook and Walther PPK and began to climb the fortress slowly to avoid detection before reaching the top. After reaching the top, Kaori immediately went for cover to avoid detection from the IRGO Guards that were guarding the top of the fortress.

Realising that she couldn't take on all of the guards all at once, she decided to find an entry into the building and found a way in through a air vent in the fortress near where Kaori was crouching.

Kaori crawled into the air vent, whilst using a lighter to light her path as she crawled her way over to part of the building that was heavily guarded from the outside door, but no one in the inside which allowed her to sneak in through the rooms air vent.

The room was quite dark as it was clearly a storage room, but it harboured some secrets of an organisation which Kaori had detested. She didn't hate any of the members that were restored like Haman (whom she respected for breaking free from IRGO control) as Kaori felt they were either pawns or people that she pitied for essentially being slaves to Lawrence Pester and his cronies. But the ones that had voluntarily joined the IRGO were clearly people that wanted to exploit space for its resources as well as its money and these were people that Kaori had detested.

Kaori had also been aware of Lawrence's plans for a long time

20 Years Ago - Yucipica High School

Kaori, Dil and Lawrence were graduating this year and were all preparing to go to college, Kaori was looking to do a musical course, whilst Dil was doing an degree in some sort of advanced scientific field.

Lawrence was also graduating and he was looking at all sort of degrees to pursue, his father wanted him to enter the news industry and become a news reporter, but Lawrence wanted to showcase his intelligence as well as his ambition and he wanted to do a similar degree to Dil Pickles, but at the same time wanted to do a Business Degree as he saw space as a opportunity to make money and become wealthy.

Lawrence had remained an inventor/researcher throughout all this, Dil worked alongside him for a few years until Kaori saw that Lawrence was basically taking all of the credit for all of the Junior Inventor Championship projects as well as various other Inventor conventions that they worked on which caused Kaori to convince Dil to ditch Lawrence in favour of inventing things on his own terms which saw Dil overshadow Lawrence and soon many colleges wanted Dil on a scholarship.

There was also a Research Institute that was in the process of being setting up and some of the top scientists as well as artists were being selected to research space as well as promote the culture of the dimensions art and culture.

Dil had already applied and Kaori was being encouraged to apply for the new Research organisation as they felt her music could help diplomatically.

It was one of Kaori's last days in high school, she opted to stay in the United States as she still had a purpose there as well as having dating Dil for a few months by now. One of her last days saw her enter a virtually empty classroom where only Lawrence Pester was in.

"Ah Kaori, I was just inventing something, what brings you here" said Lawrence

"What exactly are you inventing" said Kaori

"I am modifying an M1 Time Machine into a interdimesnional transporter, I can't believe they used to sell these Time Machines at that old Toy Palace store before it shut down" said Lawrence

"Fascinating, so what do you plan to do with an interdimesnional transporter" said Kaori

"I plan to take people from other dimension's and hire them to advance Mankind and make a profit" said Lawrence

"What is your ambitions, Lawrence" said Kaori skeptical over Lawrence's plans

"You got me, it is true that I want to create a workforce by restoring people via disguised teleportation, but also use them to turn the new space institute into a space corporation that looks to be ruled by genius's as well as give our dimesnion as much resources than we can ask for" said Lawrence

"Isn't that just exploiting other dimension's and people for their resources as well as enslavement of people from other dimensions" said Kaori

"The restored people will get paid Kaori, so it wouldn't be enslavement and wouldn't it nice for a giant market to form in space" said Lawrence

"What sort of people will be restored" said Kaori

"People that were seemingly doomed in their dimensions, I'm not going to use it to transport whoever I feel like" said Lawrence

"While people seemingly doomed would work as a restored workforce, I know your greed as well as ambition means you would use it on your rivals to gain an advantage" said Kaori

"You know me too well Miyazono, my true plans are the multiverse and its ability to be ruled by one CEO with the restored people being employees as paper pushers, anyone that displeases me will be erased with my Stu-Von 5000 and the galaxy will be at peace under one corporation" said Lawrence

"The Stu-Von 5000, isn't that a remote that can blow up planets" said Kaori

"It is and I own one, it'll keep the galaxy in line" said Lawrence

"I can't believe what i'm hearing, by the sound of things you'll just become an inter dimensional tyrant" said Kaori

"More ruthless CEO, you and Dil's idealism is unrealistic if you want to fully expand into space, even differing countries have similar viewpoints to me" said Lawrence

"Yeah the more authoritarian ones, if you achieve you goals, you would become spaces equivalent of General Pinochet" said Kaori

"Is that necessarily a bad thing, being the El General of space sounds actually pretty cool, maybe I could ban classical music to suppress naysayers like you" said Lawrence

"See this is why people like Dil stopped working with you, he was beginning to see through your facade which I had already saw through for the tyrant you really are" said Kaori

"Me and Dil had the world at our feet, unfortunately ordinary people like you got in the way and now I alone will possess the power of the future" said Lawrence

"Not if I put a stop to it" said Kaori as she attempted to grab the transporter only for the Stu-Von 5000 aimed at her.

"I'm not exactly going to let my plans be stopped by some bumbling Snoopy obsessed idiot, move away from the teleporter" said Lawrence

"Very well, but rest assured I'll ensure you will never join the new research institute" said Kaori putting her hands up and walking slowly backwards.

"My genius cannot be denied" said Lawrence

End of Flashback

Kaori knew the events after that, Lawrence disappeared after being rejected from the new ARI and now has resurfaced after the beginning of the war, she knew of the summit and his activities in the background, but with the war: Kaori knew that Lawrence would initiate his final plan.

Kaori looked around the storage room and found many recorded tapes of meetings with various officials from other dimensions, but one caught Kaori's eye.

'Meeting with Dalek Time Strategist'

"The Daleks, Lawrence must be getting desperate" mumbled Kaori

Kaori looked through all of the tapes, meetings with various entities and beings from other universes and dimensions from Megatron to Rassilon, all with the same result as no sane being willingly wanting to work for Lawrence even if the terms looked favourable.

Although the Daleks promised to send some forces, only one real power took the bait.

Rather than a meeting, it was a letter from an organisation otherwise known as the Black Hand of Nod which highlighted a sort of an agreement between the two sides.

"Lawrence has the remnants of the Brotherhood of Nod on his side" mumbled Kaori

Kaori grabbed a cup and put towards a wall listening to the meeting.

In the other room

There was a meeting room consisting of 3 Intergalactic VIP's plus an extra chair, they were Ferris Olsten (Department of Finance), Shouko Adagki (Department of the Interior) and Todd McNulty (Department of Research).

"So what is our allegiance them, are we pro-Titans or pro-Dilganese" said Shouko

"We are playing both sides with Lawrence wanting a victory over his old rival Dil Pickles" said Ferris

"We have given partial assistance to the New Titans with their America's front as well as supply them with Jerid clones , but we are also supplying the Dilganese with research and ammunition" said Todd

"How many more people can we restore from other dimensions" said Shouko

"One more to be exact as we are running out of the rare mineral that the restoration machine requires to function and it is extremely hard to extract it" said Ferris

Lytton burst in the room and said "Lawrence has used the restoration machine"

"Even if we could of only used it once" said Shouko

"Indeed, in order for the war to go in our favour, Lawrence has restored someone from the Universal Century" said Lytton

"Why would he restore someone from a inferior dimension" said Todd

"Because they make good commanders and soliders" said Lytton

"Zeon or Federation" said Ferris

"Zeon" said Lytton

"They may help us figure out the Dilganese's MS tactics" said Shouko

A woman with jet black hair and a red Zeon uniform strutted into the meeting room and sat down on the empty chair.

"Ladies and Gentleman, meet Cima Garahau who is our new Minister of War" said Lytton

"Are these all of Lawrence's board" said Cima

"They are" said Lytton

"Lawrence has put me in charge of the war related functions which means that anything involving the war is my business and none of yours" said Cima

"How could we trust her, she could be a spy for the Dilganese" said Todd

"You wanna bet" said Cima

"Go on" said Todd daring her

Cima looked to pull a gun out of her hoister which put Todd in high alert before she instead pulled out a dossier on all Zeon MS designs for the IRGO to use.

"There, we now can be on even tech footing with the Dilganese" said Cima

Meanwhile

Kaori had recorded most of the conversations before leaving the building, managing to defeat a few guards on her way.

Later on in the Dilganese War Room

Dil had gathered up his war council which had consisted of: Stu Pickles, Phil and Wally Deville, Himself and Lil, Kimi Pickles, Angelica and Chuckie as well as Haman and Mashymere.

"As we all know, the Leni forces still control Michigan and are holding it with a iron grip" said Dil

"The Leni forces are still around" said Angelica

"They are and they are willing to fight to the last man, we will invade on three front's" said Dil as a map showed three arrows

"Who have we got for the invasion" said Wally

"On the left flank will be Captain LaRusso's forces, on the right flank will be Quattro Bajeena's forces and leading the front ill be a Central force commanded on ground by Field General Kotomi Ichinose and on air by James Pickles and the 17th Jefferson Division" said Dil

"Wait, James is leading a mission now" said Haman shocked

"Yeah, he has proven to be excellent at leading his team from what has come out of training and battle reports" said Dil

"Where am I to be assigned" said Haman

"Your going to help Phil in dealing with the New Titans in the Southern Africa front" said Dil

"Why can't I assist James in taking Michigan" said Haman

"Because it makes strategically more sense battle-wise, we need to take the New Titans off Earth if we want to end the war" said Dil

"I haven't seen my son since earlier this year, let me be part of the Michigan front" said Haman

"I can't, I'm afraid" said Dil

Haman stood up and marched herself out of the room in anger, Mashymere followed her out of the door.

"Why can't you deploy Haman on the Michigan front" said Kimi

"Because we need to spread out our commanders fairly evenly to ensure we take these territories" said Dil

"I think you should, you have a enough commanders to rotate around the area and Haman wants to see her son" said Chuckie

"I know, but I'm trying to be rational though" said Dil

"Would it be nice though, Haman hasn't seen her son for nearly a year, what if something happens, that's going to affect either of them for the rest of their lives" said Chuckie

Dil thought over it for a bit before saying "Fine, bring Haman back in the war room"

Haman returned to the war room where the war council had stood up.

"Haman, after some careful consideration, you'll be deployed in the Michigan front in the place of Field General Kotomi Ichinose who will be deployed in the Southern African front" said Dil

Haman smiled before bowing and saying "Thank you"

Suddenly the rooms communications system began to make a sound which was a sign that the video comms system was being hailed.

"We are all being hailed" said Dil

Dil acceped the video call to find Kaori who was on a small starship

"Greetings Dilganese War Council, I have some findings from my recon missions" said Kaori

"Was that regarding your mission on Therma" said Dil

"It was, the Intergalactic Research Organisation have allied themselves with the remnant's of Nod whom have supplied them with additional forces and Tiberium reserves, he also has some Dalek forces as well" said Kaori

"Lawrence is seemingly getting desperate if he is using those two forces" said Dil

"But the restoration machine that Lawrence has, has been rendered out of commission due to shortages of the mineral needed to power it, but his last available use of it saw a commander from the Universal Century restored" said Kaori

"Who did Lawrence restore" said Haman

"Cima Garahau, who Lance promoted as his Minister of War" said Kaori

"You've got be joking me" said Haman

"You know of this Cima, Haman" said Chuckie

"Cima Garahau was the co-commander of the Zeon Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) and in the Cima branch, her unit were deployed to suppress a space colony that was used for Operation British, she was denied entry into Axis due to her units war crimes and was a space pirate for years, during Operation Stardust she was responsible for sabotaging Zeon's efforts in returning. If she is back and in that sort of position then the IRGO are going to be unpredictable and dangerous" said Haman

"So Lawrence is got a Zeon of his own that he can command" said Phil

"We have more of them, plus a former member of Londo Bell to boot as well" said Dil

"People from the Universal Century are not like battle Pokemon in terms of being treated like trading cards, we are still people with feelings, ambitions and emotions at the end of the day" said Haman

"We know Haman, but I do think Lawrence would think that though" said Dil

"Do we have more intel on Lawrence's whereabouts" said Kimi

"We believe he's meeting with a robotic humanoid race known as the Cybermen on some weapon platform that hosts a inactive weapon called Project Alpha" said Kaori

"He's not activating Project Alpha, he would destroy everything " yelled Dil

"What's Project Alpha" said Angelica with her arms crossed

"It allows Lawrence to basically use Entropy as a weapon as well as an ability to erase people of his choosing, temporal annihilation" said Dil

"Why would Lawrence want to do that" said Lil

"In order to rule the multiverse, to control and shape each dimensional to how he sees fit, if he uses it, we along with everyone we know and love will be erased" said Dil

Everyone felt nervous and worried by that statement

"If Lawrence even dares use Project Alpha, I have no choice to use the Key to Time" said Dil

"That's insane, nobody can comprehend the full power of the Key to Time" said Mashymere

"To save everyone I love as well as the good of the whole multiverse, it must be done and I must be the one to activate it" said Dil

"Dil, keep in mind the Key to Time is a cube that controls the equilibrium of the universe, even destroying it can be cataclysmic to reality itself" said Mashymere

"I need to go, I have to try and attempt to spy on the meeting" said Kaori

"Very well, don't get captured though" said Dil as he turns off his comms

"How can we trust her with gaining intelligence when her Father-in-law is literally the leader of the New Titans" said Angelica

"Considering she cloned herself to fight the New Titans, I can count on her loyalty" said Dil

"She wasn't loyal to you back then, what makes her loyal now" said Angelica

"Angelica, I'm well aware that you and Kaori don't see eye to eye, but she has been a massive intelligence asset for the Dilganese Empire and we need to let old rivalries fade away to fight the New Titans and there allies" said Dil

"I understand where Angelica is coming from, but Dil is right about letting go of old rivalries, Lawrence may be the exception due to the danger he presents to the multiverse, but your rivalry with Kaori is more petty and is focused on past grievances, move on" said Lil

"Lawrence has a Zeon of his own which means he is going to understand our tactics a tad more" said Phil

"Cima is very unpredictable though, she was able to command loyalty out of her ragtag fleet and knows Federation secrets as well as Zeon secrets through her years as a fugitive space pirate" said Haman

"What's worse is that the New Titans have Federation technology already, Lawrence has both playbooks in MS development" said Kimi

"You all haven't given any faith to the capability and ingenuity of the Dilganese technology, Federation tech was copied off Zeon tech and even so, the mindset the IRGO has will prevent them from being creative on the battlefield" said Dil

"The Dilganese do have very good technical progress, but we need to keep tabs on the allies that Lawrence and Takahiko are willing to sell themselves to" said Haman

"We need to defeat the New Titans as soon as possible as well as to monitor the activity of the IRGO" said Dil

Meanwhile

"Right Pickles, Haruki, I'm off to meet some Cyberman, you'll remain in your cells, any attempt of escape and you'll be erased, understood" said Lawrence over a speaker

Lawrence got up, brushed dust off his extremely well tailored suit and used a instant teleporter to transport him to where he needed to go.

The area of meeting was a spaceship known as Alpha Station and the meeting consisted of 3 people: Lawrence Pester (Chairman of the Intergalactic Research Organisation), Takahiko Arima (President and Supreme Leader of the New Titans) and the Cyberleader (Leader of the Cyberman Contingent).

"Welcome to this illustrious meeting between the 3 of us, I hope we can discuss terms" said Lawrence

"Mr Pester, it is good we finally meet after all this time considering the amount of Intergalactic help we have received" said Takahiko

"Yet, you still fail at crushing my rival when you had the chance" said Lawrence

"We have had a few failures in battle as of late" said Takahiko

"I can excuse it as long as you can hold them off until my plan can be ready" said Lawrence

"What is your intentions, Lawrence" said Takahiko

"I plan to erase the Dilganese Empire using entropy from a project known as Project Alpha" said Lawrence

"Entropy, that's a little ambitious for a space corporation" said Takahiko

"You'll find us to be a lot more tech-averse then you were expecting" said Lawrence

"What is the technology level of the Intergalactic Research Organisation" said the Cyberleader

"We can't disclose that in fear of our patents being copied" said Lawrence

"We need to know so we can provide the final upgrade" said the Cyberleader

"You will in time, we need the Cyberman to deploy against some of the tougher Dilganese forces" said Lawrence

"What would you both be able to provide to ensure of this" said the Cyberleader

"We will give you a few commanders as well as some battle plans" said Lawrence

"We will give you MS technology as well as some POW's to upgrade" said Takahiko

"Excellent" said the Cyberleader

"In fact, I can offer you two valuable POW's for assimilation" said Lawrence

Meanwhile

A SPT Reptar Mk III CO (Covert Operations) Type was deployed near where Project Alpha was. Kaori had sortied herself on a mission to gather intelligence on Lawrence's meeting. Kaori had managed to leave the MS in a space suit and fly herself to a air vent on the space station just before the meeting.

'Who are the two POW's' thought Kaori

"Two POW's, how senior of the enemy forces are they" said Takahiko

"One is one of Dil's closest confidants" said Lawrence

'Who could that be' thought Kaori

"Why wasn't he apprehended under New Titans control, we are at war with them" said Takahiko

"Because when its come to assets and leverage, its better in the hands of a corporation than of a mere junta" said Lawrence

"Why you" said Takahiko angrily

"Your lucky that Cyberleader here hasn't upgraded you for your sheer incompetence" said Lawrence

"Surely he would be more efficient if he was upgraded" said the Cyberleader

"We need someone with critical thinking skills to lead the New Titans, not a emotionless cyborg with a set of programmnes" said Lawrence

"May we receive more funds to pursue a further invasion of most of the Pacific ocean" said Takahiko

"That depends, will you be able to hold the South of Japan in time for those funds and armaments to come through" said Lawrence

"We have exhausted them in the Battle of Tokyo, both the North Japanese and Dangos would need heavy reinforcements to advance any further and the Dilganese are distracted on multiple fronts" said Takahiko

"Yet the SGDR could simply support them which could cause a further Communist government to form which would give the Sino-Soviet Union additional power and who could forget when the New Titans gave money and armaments to that joke of a Leni government" said Lawrence

"We are pursuing relations with the Indian Empire to supply the New Titans with more troops as well as building more Earth-based naval cruisers to use in island invasions" said Takahiko

"your alliance making skills are something to be desired considering one defected and the other is almost destroyed, at least I was able to get Nod on side" said Lawrence

"You mean the Brotherhood of Nod, weren't they fractured after all of the Tiberium and Scrin wars" said Takahiko

"Their remnants still possess valuable data and technology for us to use, plus we need all of the manpower and commanders than we can get" said Lawrence

"What about GDI, I hear the Dilganese and Dangos are allies with them" said Takahiko

"GDI don't particularly worry me, their tech pails compared to the Universal Century" said Lawrence

"Isn't Dil friends with a few people at Starfleet" said Takahiko

"They won't intervene as despite us all having warp capabilities, the Federation have their own issues that they are dealing with" said Lawrence

Takahiko Arima and the Cyberleader left the room not long after.

"Activate the early stages for Project Alpha, be prepared to use it for the next month" said Lawrence on his comms system

'Dil was right, Lawrence is going to use Project Alpha' thought Kaori

A few days later - Michigan Front

The Dilganese forces had broken through the Michigan border as the Leni forces defending it were demoralised and ill-equipped and were advancing towards Detroit where it was fiercely defended by the LPG (Leni Praetorian Guard).

At the Dilganese Field Base

The Dilganese forces were all meeting at an abandoned air hanger at the heart of former Leni territory.

Field General Kotomi Ichinose had gathered all of forces to meet at the hangers MS bay for an announcement.

"I would like to make an announcement" said Kotomi

"I wonder what the announcement is going to be" said James

"I will be reassigned to the Southern African Front which means you will receive a new Field General " said Kotomi

"She can't just leave us, can't she" said Yasako

"I can sense a familiar presence nearby" said James

Leo put his hand up

"Who is our new Field General" said Leo

"Good Question, I will fetch her now" said Kotomi

Kotomi left the room and suddently a woman appeared in a Blue Dilganese Admirals uniform.

"Mom, they are putting mom in charge of the Michigan front" said James surprised

"I am Admiral Haman Karn and I will be your Field General for the Michigan Front, I will discuss battle plans and directions with you all individually, but we will keep to the success's of previous battles" said Haman

There was whispers of questions on putting an Admiral in charge of a field based operation as they wouldn't have the specifications needed to win the battle.

"First on the agenda, I would like to meet with the 17th Jefferson Division as well as the various MS teams that we have" said Haman as she left the balcony.

James and his Division began to make their way to the Field General's office, the 17th Jefferson Division wore a cream and green camouflaged flight suits that resembled a camouflaged Top Gun uniforms with the Dilganese flag as well as the units insignia which showed Thomas Jefferson firing a bow and arrow in a triumphant way on a hill during a sunset.

The 17th Jefferson Division had arrived outside of Haman's office, there was a Dilganese officer guarding the entrance.

"Field General Karn has requested that James Pickles only is to meet with her, first" said the officer

The 17th Jefferson Division all looked at James who shrugged his shoulders before entering the room.

James entered the office in which his mother immediately stood up, she was wearing a Dilganese naval uniform which had a few medals, her officers hat was sat on her desk table.

"James it is so good to see you" said Haman who broke off her usually stoic composure by running to hug James

"It's good to see you too, mom" said James as they both broke off the hug and Haman returned to her desk.

"You've grown, you look older and more mature compared to when I last saw you" said Haman

"That would of been the days following the big music festival that dad won, following that you were on a mission and then the war started" said James

"I've heard of your success's on the American front as well as the SGDR peace deal that you brokered" said Haman

"I only did what was asked of me and the SGDR peace deal was a fluke in terms of it being a success" said James

"I also hear your doing well at soccer as well as basketball" said Haman

"I just been asked by Bradford City to play a wartime fixture on Christmas" said James

"I am proud of you, but also I am curious though on how you got involved in the war" said Haman

"Dad sent me away to live with Grandpa Stu and Grandma Didi until the war came to the Californian state border in which people my age as well as the elderly were mobilised into the Alien Home Guard, after showing my MS skills to good use, I was transferred to a different unit where I am now" said James

"I see you inherited my MS skills" said Haman

James sighed before saying "I know that you were a tyrant in the First Neo-Zeon War many years ago"

Haman went silent for a while, she had tried to forget the Neo-Zeon Wars for a very long time and refused to tell James as she didn't want James to turn out like she did. However now the cat was out of the bag.

Haman turned around facing away from James and said "What do you know"

"I read your Universal Century battle data which outlined your history in the Universal Century which I used the battle data to further my MS skills as well as talking to Quattro who you call Char who told me about your actions in the Universal Century" said James

Haman went to a cupboard in her office and pulled out a bottle of really strong wine which she poured into a glass along with a shot of Jäegermeister that she had causally put in her drink before sipping the cocktail.

"Me, Amuro, Char and everyone from the Universal Century went through hell, the never ending cycles of war and destruction broke us piece by piece until we were mere shells of what we once were, It took the words of a wise AEUG pilot to use my honour to promote harmony as well as exposure to a whole new dimension to change my ways" said Haman as she sips her drink

"Why didn't you properly tell me" said James

"Because I never wanted you to know my past as Neo-Zeon Supreme Leader, I wanted to atone for it and I gained a chance when I gave birth and raised you, raising you was my second chance to become a better person" said Haman as she takes a swig of her drink

"It would of given me clarity rather than having to learn it from battle data and from other people" said James

"Because I never wanted you to end up as a tyrant like I did which is why I covered it up, but now you know about my past, do you hate me for what I was" said Haman as she engulfs the rest of her drink

James stood their frozen, lost in the moment as he had to gather his thoughts. His initial response to his mothers role during the Universal Century shocked him to his core, he could of never thought that his mother was a dictator, she may have hinted at that when James first met his dad for the first time, but James now had full clarity and knowledge of his mothers history.

Also at the same time, James

"I can never hate you as I'm grateful for all the sacrifices that you made to ensure I was fed, watered and clothed and you made sure I was happy even when putting my happiness above your own" said James

Haman smiled before saying "It's good to hear that"

"I do have one question though" said James

"Go ahead" said Haman

"Whether I spoke with Quattro or Amuro, they have differing expressions when talking about you, Amuro's is a more angry and hushed tone, while Quattro's is a more regretful and clear tone" said James

"Me and Amuro were on opposing sides of the battlefield as well as we never interacted much, Char on the other hand spent 3 years on Axis and was actually the one who recommended me as Regent of Axis Zeon after my father died, but he also abandoned me to the pack of wolves of Axis Zeon as well as blamed me for his lovers death which wasn't true, we may have differing ideas ideologically as well" said Haman

"So you and Quattro have an history" said James

"We do, we next met during the Gryps War where he was leading the resistance group AEUG against the original Titans who's remnants are the ones we are at war with, me and Char fought in one of the last battles of the war where I thought that I had killed him" said Haman

"What were the original Titans" said James

"They were an initially an elite anti-spacenoid division of the Earth Federation forces, Char is a better expert than me on them as he fought them more, but from what I can tell by the time my forces entered the Gryps War, they were a fascist junta trying to take over the Earth Federation" said Haman

"I see, I guess Takahiko was merely just a Titans officer back then" said James

"From what I heard from Dil, Takahiko served as a lower level officer and survived the Gryps War before being teleported back to the dimension we are currently in" said Haman

Haman stood up before saying "I also heard Char has taught your division on MS combat, is that correct"

"He taught the Jefferson Division via the simulators" said James

"I want to see it put to test, inform the 17th Jefferson Division to be in the MS Simulator room on the double" said Haman

"Wait, so your training us" said James

"Just for one simulation, I want to see what your MS skills are like first-hand, James" said Haman

Moments Later

All of the 17th Jefferson Division were in the MS Simulator with suits similar to what they had when they fought Quattro, James also was in the SPT Reptar rather than the Qubeley that Quattro had forced him into the last time round.

Haman had spawned in the simulator in her AMX-004 Qubeley which was her MS during the Gryps War.

"Let's see what you are all made of, funnels launch" said Haman as her MS began to launch her funnels.

"Here come the funnels" said Leo

"Leo, Rosemary, prepare to launch a wave attack, we have to go in close to defeat mom" said James

"What are we doing, James" said Yasako

"We will be the second wave, follow my lead Yasako or you'll get zapped by the funnels" said James

"Okay" said Yasako as she willingly followed James's MS

The funnels came in down hard, all 4 of them could tell Haman was very skilled at using them and it made it difficult for Rosemary and Leo to get in close as the funnels came in like rain before one of the legs of Leo's MS was stricken off.

"Damn it, my MS leg" said Leo

"Hold on to my MS, it might create some sort of increase in speed like NASCAR" said Rosemary

Leo didn't hesitate and latched onto Rosemary MS which created some sort of speed increase.

However Haman caught on to it fairly quickly and fired her hand cannon at Leo's MS arm that was latching on which caused Leo's MS to be vulnerable.

"Shit, my MS can't take much more" said Leo

Haman aimed her hand cannon at Leo's MS and shot it with ruthless efficiency, eliminating Leo from the simulation.

"Damn it, simulator change my MS colour to Red" said Rosemary as MS colour switched to Red

"Ah you must be the daughter of Char Aznable, I've heard so much about your combat abilities" said Haman

"Haman Karn, let's see what you've got" said Rosemary

Rosemary MS moved very fast which Haman matched before their beam sabers clashed.

Meanwhile

"Shall we attack whilst mom is distracted" said James

"We should, but first I have an idea" said Yasako

"What's that..." said James before he noticed Yasako's MS's hand was touching his MS's hand which caused James to blush

"Let's defeat her together" said Yasako as she began to unleash her fox powers as the space around them began to unleash a powerful orange aura.

"Let's go" said James as they both began charging at the Qubeley

But somewhere in James's mind, a voice began to call in his head.

'Don't ever got no brain or nothing'

"No, it can't happen now" said James to himself as he put his hand on his head

"James what's going on" said Yasako

"It's the Curse of Everwood again" said James who was told of it by his father in a letter

'I need to do something, I know ' thought Yasako as she directed the energy of the fox into James's MS which caused James to have a vision.

Vision

"Where am I" said James

"I don't know, somewhere a long way away from you were, but also in the back of your mind" said a voice

"Somewhere 15 miles from where your needed" said a another voice

"Who are you people" said James

4 figures appeared from out of nowhere, all of which wearing identical cloaks and had approached James.

"Can I ask who are you 4" said James

"Well that depends, how's my compass and Springfield, have you been taking care of it" said one of the figures who took off his hood to reveal it was Lou Pickles, James's Great-Grandfather

"Great-Grandpa Lou, its a pleasure to finally meet you" said James

"Same here, sprout, I heard you got into a bit of a pickle in that simulation" said Lou

"Pickle, more like a sitting yak" said another of the hooded figures who revealed to be Boris Kropotikin who was James's other Great-Grandfather.

"That is your Great-Grandpa Boris" said Lou

"So you must be the fathers of Grandpa Stu and Grandma Didi" said James

"That is correct" said Boris

"I've heard the war has been raging on for a while" said Lou

"It has" said James

"I fought in WW2, I never thought that a war of that scale would ever occur again" said Lou

"WW2, what front" said James

"Mostly the Pacific front, I even fought against Charlie's great-grandfather Imperial Japanese Lieutenant Yoshisuma Miyazono ironically" said Lou

"That must of been ironic considering the circumstances post-war" said James

"It was, although these two would also like to meet you" said Lou pointing at the other two hooded figures

"It was about time, I see you were raised well, it seems my daughter has completed her atonement for the Neo-Zeon Wars and returned to her pre-regent self" said one of the figures

"You must be" said James

The figure pulled off his hood to reveal himself to be none other than Maharaja Karn who was James's grandfather

"I am Maharaja Karn and I am your grandfather" said Maharaja

"Good to see you, I guess you fought in the Universal Century" said James

"I was an Admiral for the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War, I was left in charge of Axis after the Principality fell" said Maharaja

"So were you the regent before my mother took it" said James

"Indeed, your mother took the regency following my death" said Maharaja

"What was my mother like before her regency of Neo-Zeon" said James

"She was quite smart as well as having a very bright demeanour, however she was never able to enjoy life due to the harsh conditions of Axis as well as living under constant fear of being attacked by the Earth Federation which meant she was trained very young to be a solider, those factors took a toll on her mental health and led to her becoming a tyrant" said Maharaja

"My mother did mention that she had an hard upbringing, I didn't realise it was as bad as Quarks statement of humanity without their creature comforts" said James which confused Maharaja

"It's a reference from Star Trek , a show that James watches" said Lou to Maharaja

"Her upbringing played a part in your upbringing as she wanted to make sure that you never went without in order for you to have the opportunities and childhood that was robbed from her" said Maharaja

"I feel grateful, but at the same time I want to know who the final cloaked figure is" said James pointing at the final cloaked figure

The cloaked figure undid her cloak to reveal herself to be Marlene Karn who was James's Aunt.

"I am Marlene Karn and I am your aunt, your mothers sister" said Marlene

"Auntie Marlene, your name rhymes with Eileen which reminds me of the song 'Come on Eileen', good song" said James who along with Lou chuckled at the off the cuff remark

Marlene simply smiled before saying "I was originally intended to be the Regent of Axis Zeon as I was the eldest daughter of the Karn family"

"What happened" said James

"I was always quite physically frail and near the end of the One Year War I was in very weak health, many influential Zeon families were leaving the Earth Sphere to avoid prosecution from the Earth Federation as Zeon was losing the war, your mother begged me not to leave due to my weak health which I didn't listen to and I died before reaching the asteroid belt" said Marlene

"Why did you choose to leave the Earth Sphere when it was detrimental to your health" said James

"Because at the time of the war, I was a mistress to Dozle Zabi who was the Commander of the Principality of Zeon's Space Forces and thus a senior figure of the Principalities government, I was informed for my own safety to head towards Axis which of course didn't pan out" said Marlene

"Oh, do you feel if you did make it, things would pan out differently" said James

"Possibly, my health may have not been able to survive in the harsh conditions of Axis, but if I would of been able to survive then who knows, your mother would of had a brighter life in the Universal Century, but that's the coin of fate" said Marlene

"Oh" said James

"I can give you some advice along with everyone else here" said Marlene

"What advice can you offer me" said James

"The best piece of advice I can give you is what hardships this war or life throw in your way, keep pushing forward and never let the pressures of life weight you down, be happy and most importantly be yourself" said Maharaja

"Shall I tell him" said Lou

"No I should, I travelled from the Old Country to America to be with Minka, I should tell him" said Boris

"I married twice and the second marriage was in my old age" said Lou

"One of you comedy acts just give him the hint" said Maharaja

"I feel Yasako and you have love in the air" said Boris

"Basically Yasako has a crush on you" said Lou

James blushed quite heavily before saying "How could you tell"

"Her mannerisms around you, she definitely smitten for you" said Lou

"But she is from North Japan and while we are the same age, she is related to the North Japanese leader who currently have flakey relations with the Dilganese" said James

"But you fancy her though, don't you James" said Marlene

"I may have a crush on her" said James

"Tell her that you like her" said Boris

"I'll give it my best shot" said James

"That's the spirit, sprout" said Lou

"You can do it" said Marlene

"My advice is with regards to where the direction of the war is heading" said Lou

"What do you mean" said James

"The war is progressing to the point where I can see a battle taking place between your father and his eternal rival" said Lou

"My father has an eternal rival, what like Goku and Vegeta or Raiden and Shao Kahn" said James

"He does, Lawrence Pester who is the leader of the Intergalactic Research Organisation and rival to Dil Pickles" said Lou

"Intergalactic Research Organisation, that's who my mother worked for" said James

"She was restored by Lawrence a few years before you were born, although she was fired for being pregnant with his rivals son" said Maharaja

"So this Lawrence guy and my old man, they really don't like each other, where did this whole rivalry start" said James

"A long time ago, when they were both younger, both were rival scientists with different ambitions and goals for the multiverse" said Boris

"What were those ambitions" said James

"Dil seeked adventure and discovery, whilst Lawrence seeked power and profit, Both Dil and Lawrence worked together for a time until Kaori arrived at their school and in Dil, Kaori and Lawrence's final year, Kaori exposed Lawrence for the greedy plutocrat that he was and encouraged Dil to stop working with Lawrence" said Lou

"Kaori's Charlie's mom, isn't it" said James

"It is and she was in the same year as Dil when she arrived at Dil's school after having experimental surgery which saved her life, she and Dil ultimately fell in love after a while due to their similar oddball personalities, Kaori though disliked Lawrence immensely to the point when ..." said Lou before he suddenly stopped

"You can say it to James as long as he doesn't tell Charlie" said Boris

"She faked her own death to become a agent with the sole goal of taking Lawrence down" said Lou

"Isn't that a little dramatic" said James

"Lawrence is hunting all of the old ARI founders down and has mostly achieved this objective with only Kaori, Dil and John Long left standing, Kaori knew that her best case of defeating Lawrence was by hiding in the shadows" said Lou

"What would Kaori's family think of that though" said James

"Her parents along with her husband and Chopin already know, your mother told them" said Maharaja

"How did they react" said James

"Shocked would be a understatement, a mixture of worry and relief would also describe their emotions as well" said Maharaja

"Which leads into my advice which is watch over your mother and Mashymere during these uncertain times" said Marlene

"What do you mean" said James

"Your mother is a sensitive soul and one traumatic event could emotionally ruin her, as for Mashymere he is loyal to your mother to the sword and will sacrifice anything for her and in the Universal Century it was his life he almost sacrificed for her safety" said Marlene

"Basically if anything happened to me or Mashymere, it would gravely affect my mother" said James

"Indeed" said Maharaja nodding in agreement

"Also I feel you and Yasako would make a great couple" said Marlene laughing

James blushed and said "Possibly, I haven't asked her out yet"

Suddenly a fox appeared in James's sight as the ghosts around James began to fade.

"There is the way back to consciousness, don't worry the passage of time will only be 5 seconds from when you entered here" said Maharaja who voice was fading with every word he said

"Take on board on what we said, it could be very useful" said the fading voice of Boris

"Look after your family as well as be true to yourself" said Marlene as her voice also faded

Lou was the last figure remaining and before he faded, he said "We all believe in you and we will always watch you from afar, sprout, Semper Fi" as his figure faded away

James followed the fox and he woke up

End of Vision

James was back in his cockpit, it felt like a long dream, but little time had past. James felt a sudden surge of energy engulf both his body and MS, he knew that it was Newtype pressure, but he could neither control or do anything to stop it.

"Your MS James, it's glowing" said Yasako noticing the pinkish blue glow on James's MS

Meanwhile

Haman and Rosemary was fighting using their MS, Rosemary learned that to even keep up with Haman that she had to duel her close to avoid being torn apart by the Qubeleys funnels, but a combination of Haman's intense Newtype pressure and Haman's ruthless fighting style was beginning to tire Rosemary who was waiting for Yasako and James to launch the 2nd wave.

Both MS's clashed beam sabers as both pilots turned on their comms.

"You fight well, not as fast as your father was in combat, but you have some skill" said Haman

"My father said you only won your battle against him by fighting in an superior MS" said Rosemary

"Possibly, but even then it's never about the MS, but about the pilot" said Haman

"Your not that spectacular, despite your experience" said Rosemary

"You could ask Leo that question, considering he is already eliminated from the simulation, if you weren't a Newtype, you would of joined him a while ago" said Haman

"If you weren't a Newtype, you would of not even survived the Universal Century" said Rosemary

"I can sense your overconfidence, let's see who is the superior fighter" said Haman

Suddenly Haman sensed heavy Newtype pressure nearby

'I can sense a presence nearby, is it James' thought Haman

Suddenly fin funnels came out of nowhere which Haman avoided most of them with skill, but did suffer slight damage to the Qubeley's shoulder wing.

"Is that all that you've have got James" said Haman

Suddenly a MS emerged, it was the SPT Raptor which had a bright blue and pink aura glowing around it. The psychic pressure was strong enough to rival the gravitational pull of Jupiter.

'That amount of power, he is a very powerful Newtype' thought Haman

"Let's see what your made of in MS combat, son" said Haman as her Qubeley attempted to fire its funnels at the SPT Raptor only for the funnels to be crushed by the sheer psychic pressure.

The SPT Raptor charged the Qubeley with full force and velocity, Haman had her Newtype pressure on maximum to avoid her MS being crushed by the sheer Newtype pressure of James's MS. It wasn't long before both beam sabers clashed on the two MS.

"Your powerful James, I'll give you that, but the one thing you lack compared to me is combat experience" said Haman

James didn't respond and instead increased his Newtype pressure as the two MS's dual beam sabers clashed with each other with equal aggression and fury.

Haman attempted to get some range to use her hand cannon, but the SPT Raptor wouldn't give the Qubeley a inch and kept chasing with Haman attempting to use asteroids to halt James's MS from catching her MS.

Haman saw Yasako's MS who was using one of the asteroids for cover as well as her beam rifle which Haman was dodging its attacks effortlessly.

James who was seeing Haman's MS get further away decide to pull out his MS's beam rifle, but when James got the Raptors Beam Rifle out, it looked like his Springfield that was previously used by his Great-Grandpa Lou that had been scaled up to be used by MS.

"Better to use if the enemy is a long range away" said Lou who appeared as a voice in James's head

The SPT Raptor aimed down the Springfield's sights which detected the Qubeley about to clash beam sabers with Yasako's MS and pulled the trigger, the giant MS bullet managed to hit the legs of the Qubeley and ripped them both clean off.

"Damn it, my MS's mobility is messed up, alright you 3, give me everything that you have, no holding back" said Haman

Rosemary's MS was the first to appear and attempted to finish Haman off with both her MS's machine gun and her beam saber, but Haman dodged her attacks and used both of her beam sabers to split apart Rosemary's MS, eliminating her from the simulation.

Yasako seeing Rosemary's futile attempt at defeating Haman, attempted to defeat Haman with range, but Haman managed to eliminate her MS with a well-timed hand cannon shot.

This left only James left who had just saw Rosemary and Yasako defeated with ease even after he had seemingly half-crippled the Qubeley.

'Was Mom going easy on us' thought James

James's noticed a red energy that was flowing alongside the blue energy around him, he knew where this energy came from

"The Everwood Curse and Newtype powers are working in sync" said James

"Remember if you are to use these powers in sync, you must time it right, one slip up could risk everything" said Lou in the back of James's mind.

"This is your moment to prove yourself as a MS pilot" said Maharaja in the back of James's mind

"Make us all proud" said Boris in the back of James's mind

"We're all behind you James" said Marlene in the back of James's mind.

James gathered up enough power before saying "Don't ever got no brain or nothing"

Meanwhile

After finishing Yasako's MS off: Haman noticed heavy Newtype pressure coming from a distance, she knew it was James as he was the last opponent left in the simulation.

Haman used her MS's scanner as well as her Newtype senses to try and find the SPT Raptor which she fired her hand cannon at a asteroid which found nothing.

"Where could he be" said Haman to herself

Suddenly Haman spotted a bright red glow nearby which was getting brighter by the second which caused Haman to attempt to move further away from it.

But she couldn't move her MS away as the pressure was dragging her MS towards the SPT Raptor.

"Why won't my MS work, is the pressure that strong" said Haman to herself

Haman decided to increase her Newtype pressure to the point it was at maximum level which caused her to breakaway from the MS's pressure.

She then attempted to fire her hand cannons on it, but these weren't effective as the blasts deflected off the Raptor like it was nothing.

The SPT Raptor then unleashed all of its funnels, spinning them in the air before combining their firepower into one laser before firing it at the Qubeley

Haman managed to just about block it using her Newtype pressure, the attack itself actually reminded her of the ZZ Gundam's Hyper Mega Beam Cannon.

The SPT Raptor then disappeared before emerging right behind the Qubeley, Haman attempted to use her MS's beam sabers, but the Raptor simply grabbed the Qubeley's hand and crushed it.

The SPT Raptor then grabbed the top of the Qubeley with one hand and the bottom of the Qubeley with the other and began to crush it like a car, as this was happening James was humming the 'Worthless' song from the Brave Little Toaster movie

The Qubeley had no answer for it and it was crushed which eliminated Haman from the simulation.

James noticed his Newtype senses as well as the Everwood curse has subsided out of him.