"Kira Yamato/Suletta Mercury!" - Normal Text.
"Strike/Aerial!" - Some Random-Ass Bold Text That I Put Just To Make It Look Cool When Other Fanfics Do It Cuz Why Not Text.
"Launching!" - Thinking Text.
"Bruh" - Comms/Mic/TV Audio/ZOOM Meeting/Flashback Text
In a assigned room, Miorine is currently using Kira's laptop as she is currently scrolling through the internet or such to find out about this timeline's history. More specifically... Coordinators, Naturals, and the ongoing Alliance-PLANT Wars/Bloody Valentine War.
"The Great War... Also known as the Bloody Valentine War. It was started on February 11, 70 CE by a group of racist Xenophobes known as the Blue Cosmos." Miorine noted as she read the article... and her face frowned when she read their motto, ""For the preservation of our blue and pure world"...? Really?"
Then she shook her head as she continued to read the rest.
"Blue Cosmos began to assassinate multiple Coordinators on Earth before the war began, and that made the Coordinators to go to space and live on the PLANT Colonies. But, despite most Coordinators living at the PLANTs or within neutral nations such as the Orb Union, it wasn't enough for Blue Cosmos - as they believed the Coordinators had to be eradicated, no matter where they lived..."
"On February 5, C.E. 70, a peace conference held at the lunar city Copernicus between the United Nations and the PLANT Colonies was attacked by terrorists. The attack resulted in the deaths of the entire UN leadership, including the Secretary-General and all attending Earth nation representatives, with PLANT Supreme Chairman Siegel Clyne the sole survivor due to not being present during the assault. Following the attack, the Atlantic Federation blamed the PLANT Supreme Council for the tragedy, claiming that it was carried out by ZAFT, despite no direct evidence validating the claim." Miorine then made a face at that information, "It's already obvious that Blue Cosmos' the ones that orchestrated the attack! But... they can't accuse them with no evidence despite the obvious... sadly."
"Two days after the dubbed Tragedy of Copernicus, between February 7 and February 11, a newly formed coalition was formed. The coalition is called... Earth Alliance." Miorine then stopped as she looked at the clothes she was wearing, a pink female uniform of the Earth Alliance... If she remembered correctly, the Archangel Corps. defected from the coalition after the stunt the Alliance pulled back at JOSH-A. Then she resumed back to reading.
"In response, the newly formed Earth Alliance issued a declaration of war on the PLANT, on 11 February."
"Three days later, on 14 February C.E. 70, the Earth Alliance, obviously it was Blue Cosmos' leaders, launched a nuclear attack against the PLANTs. The Agamemnon-class carrier Roosevelt deployed a nuclear warhead that struck Junius 7, a PLANT-type space colony in the PLANT's Junius City area, destroying the colony and killing 243,721 civilians. The incident was soon infamously called the Bloody Valentine Incident, marking the opening of hostilities between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT."
Then she paused as she began to process the information she gained...
"So basically... The Cosmic Era's current problem is the same as Ad Stella's... but it became a full-out war instead." Miorine muttered in disbelief that she couldn't help but remember the first time she was shown the history of what started this war before...
This scenario happened before the Archangel discussed on what's their next plan after their defection.
Murrrue Ramius, the captain of the archangel was having a talk with Miorine Rembran along with Sulette Mercury and Kira Yamato. With Mu La Flaga as the captain's chauffeur. The three teenagers are still wearing their pilot suits. Well, why aren't they changing? Because Miorine wants to know the history of this timeline. Or more specifically... what started this war.
"So tell me what factions are fighting and why and what started this war?" Miorine asked, now impatient.
"To start, it's better for you two to watch this." As the captain showed the duo a video of a man, George Glenn, whom Miorine looked skeptical at.
"Trust me, you should." Mu La Flaga reassured their uneasy faces.
The introduction of George Glen, who was the youngest to obtain a Doctorate MIT, Olympic Silver Medalist, American Football Sta, Ace Pilot, Engineer, and more.
Miorine scoffed at seeing the perfect man remind her of Shaddiq with his smile. Ugh.
Suletta's eyes sparkled with admiration at seeing such a person. It was like a movie star in person.
But all of that changed when George Glen confessed to the entire world a secret that would change everything forever.
That he wasn't normal. That he was a modified human. His genes were altered within his mother's womb, thus making him the first-ever Coordinator. He wanted to show that humanity's potential can surpass the normal method. An evolution. His greatest discovery was the existence of alien life on Jupiter, the fossil of the Winged Whale, and visioning an entire colony cluster that would focus on research and technological advancement.
"Let me guess nobody like it that George Glenn was not normal." Miorine knew that not everyone would agree with the man's existence and achievements.
"Yes, he may be assassinated, but his legacy continues as more Coordinators are born from their alternative genes. Tensions were high as an Anti-Coordinator pressure group, such as the radical Blue Cosmos, began labeling Coordinators as "un-human" and declaring they had to be exterminated their motto "For a blue and pure world"."
"Of course, there's always such a group."
In the following years the space colonies, known as the PLANT Colonies, gradually became a new home for Coordinators. The Naturals intended to make the Earth their exclusive domain, although it was not uncommon to find Coordinators and Naturals living peacefully together in "neutral" nations such as the ORB Union.
It was a cold war between the two factions of Plant and Earth. As it was no different between Spacians and Earthians.
But peace didn't last long until February 14, CE 70, three days after the outbreak of the war between PLANT and the Earth Alliance. On that day, the Agamemnon-class spaceship, The Roosevelt, was covertly loaded with a nuclear missile by a group of Blue Cosmos members within the Alliance military.
A nuclear missile was fired and hit Junius Seven, a PLANT Colony. The blast caused the colony to break apart, killing 243, 721 Coordinators, most of whom were civilians. The act of mass murder is later known as the "Bloody Valentine Incident". The video feed shows the destruction of Junius Seven making Miorine clamp her mouth in horror seeing such a massacre makes the situation with her life pale in comparison.
Sulette was also the same as she looked in horror as tears were dripping from her eyes seeing so much death.
It became the spark, marking the opening of hostilities between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT.
ZAFT stands for Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, it's a military faction under the control of the PLANT Supreme Council. Thus began The Alliance-PLANT War informally referred to as the Bloody Valentine War.
"All of this happened because a bunch of racist terrorists fired a nuclear weapon on a civilian colony just to make a point...?!" Miorine was trembling in anger.
"Yeah, kid... We were the ones that started this war even though we at the Archangel weren't involved." Mu said with distaste. Knowing what they have been fighting for was in vain.
"I need a minute alone... it's just too much." Miorine wanted that this was just a bad dream she didn't sign up to get involved with a war between two megalomaniacs and now she got involved in the war?! As if her high school life was replaced with bloodshed. The irony was she always wanted to run away, and here she is somewhere far from her family legacy and father.
"I understand." The captain knew that, like Kira's friends they joined the Archangel to help Kira.
"Miorine let me guide you-"
"Don't touch me! " Miorine then noticed how she got angry, and now she is horrified at what she did towards Kira, "I-I'm sorry please just leave me alone..."
Then she left while Kira looked at her with understanding, but he was also hurt.
"Kira-nii-chan..."
"It's alright, Suletta. She's just overwhelmed with everything... It's similar to me and my friends when we got involved with Strike at first." Kira felt sad.
Suletta then hugs Kira, "It's alright it doesn't matter who you are, you're still the beloved Kira-nii-chan that I grew up with."
"Thank you, Suletta."
Then she quickly changed the subject as she typed the word "Natural" on the laptop.
"Natural. Natural is a term that refers to a naturally born human being, who has not undergone the process of genetic enhancement that creates Coordinators... Which is what Kira is." Miorine finished as she started to daze at the mention of his name, "Kira..." Then she chuckled, "I've seen many things in my life, but being transported into another timeline is... farfetched. Yet..." She looked around the room, "It happened."
Then she started to remember the first time she got inside the Strike and saw its OS being different than the usual mobile suits that she knew of, "But it also explained a lot.. at the same time, it gave me more questions..." Then she looked at the laptop she was using, "Good thing I'm finding out about that now."
Then she recalled the word "Coordinator" as she began to recite what they are, "Coordinators are genetically enhanced humans... and Kira's been one of them since birth if I remember correctly." Then she recalled the time he wrote a new OS for the Demi Trainer at the time of the makeup exam, and then she recalled the time she saw how outrageous the Strike's OS is, "Fucking cheat... No wonder you're too good at computers, and at the same time... why the Strike's Operation System is like that... The Strike's OS is for your use only, a normal human or rather a Natural can barely pilot it..."
And finally... the reveal that Kira himself is the infamous "White Devil of Vanadis". The boogeyman of the Mobile Suit Council... more specifically her father's. He wouldn't show it, but Miorine knew that Delling was REALLY scared after the Strike's actions to try and fight off the Cathedra.
"And finally... the fact that you're the White Devil..." Miorine muttered, and if she's going to be honest... "I'm scared at the fact that you are the infamous fugitive... but you did what you had to do to try and defend your home."
Then she looked up at the ceiling, "And then there's the added information that you're still sick... Even your immune system isn't doing anything about that. And that scares me, Kira..."
She soon closed the laptop, stood up, and left the room. She already got some answers, and that's enough for now. Today, she needs to find Kira and check on him. He still has the Hekstigma after all.
In another room, we see Suletta lying on the bed and looking at the ceiling, recalling the events yesterday. She's both intrigued and angry at the same time.
"A lot of things happened yesterday... But what intrigued me and yet angry the most is that I thought I knew Kira-nii-chan... But it turns out I don't." She grumbled disappointingly as she shifted her body to the side. She thought she knew her adopted brother, but it turns out he was from another timeline and he lied to her about it! It also means her mother and Wendy knew about Kira being from another world. All three of them had been together for so long and they never told her about Kira's Origins.
"I know if I heard about Kira-nii-chan being from another timeline, I wouldn't believe him because it's a bit farfetched but... Of course, I'll believe him! He is my beloved after all!" She shouted as she flailed her arms in frustration, "It hurts that Okaa-san, Wendy-nee, and Kira-nii-chan didn't trust me with such a secret. But it's probably to protect him. I know my faults for being a bigmouthed girl, but still!"
At the same time, it means that her adopted brother was special knowing he was from a different timeline. It also means she can make new memories and friends and get to know what the difference between her timeline and Kira's is! Does food taste the same or does everyone have different hair colors or real-life androids, etc.? Who knows. It also means that Strike-nii has other siblings she could meet and they could call Aerial Aerial-nii!
"Speaking of which!" Suletta said as she shifted her body to the other side as she stood up from the bed, "I need to find Kira-nii-chan! I want to know more about Aerial's siblings!"
Now... she jogged out of her room, now on a mission to find Kira.
Mu La Flaga never got the title Hawk of Endymion because he was lucky it was through sheer determination and skills that he survived the Battle of Endymion Crater. Currently, he along with Murrue Ramius, Kojiro Murdoch, and a few others were looking at the Data or Black Box of the Strike. The box is usually used by spaceships as its data might prevent accidents as such it can also record video and combat data to improve mobile suits capability if destroyed during combat or the General Unilateral Neuro-Link Dispersive Automatic Maneuver system.
As the crew was watching about the existence of another timeline or multiverse some were in awe of the holographic display that was used for battle was real life, while others were horrified that children were piloting mobile suits to battle. But they soon calmed down once they knew that they didn't kill each other. They found out that for them to win, they cut off the antennas of the mobile suit. That is a huge relief.
They knew Kira wasn't the type to lie, but there's a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words but a video is worth a million words, and seeing is believing.
"So the multiverse concept is real, huh? And here I thought George Glenn was crazy." Mu said with a chuckle.
"What do you mean?" Murrue asked the commander with a confused look.
"During my time in the Alliance, some of us are forced to read all about Glenn's achievements and history to spite how he wasn't natural more like propaganda as I didn't buy into such crap. But what caught me the most is the Multiverse theory."
"The Multiverse Theory...?"
"Yeah." Mu nodded to his comrades' confused looks, "Glenn believes that there are infinite universes or such with different types of Earths that live in space through different methods. Like a space colony that's for humans who want to live in isolation, Mars as a habitable world to live in, the Moon being a paradise like Earth is, the existence of aliens, and many more. If I didn't see it, I would have called myself crazy." Mu told them.
"But, now that Kira and those girls are here via the Strike... we need to keep this a secret knowing the Strike has the means to travel through dimensions. If it falls to the wrong hands, especially ZAFT or the Alliance, they would use this to invade other dimensions to gain its technology and alliances that would make the Bloody Valentine like a school brawl."
ZAFT and Blue Cosmo would do anything for power and to defeat their enemies even questionable acts.
"Wait, is that another Strike?!" Kojiro pointed out as the video paused to see... the Another Strike Kira and the girls briefly met before, "It has the same design as Kira's Strike! But with emerald eyes!"
"Huh, who woulda thought." Mu chuckled, "Think Kira and the girls can ask him to help us?"
The Archangel then arrived at their destination, Orb, via the secret docks that they went in and out at as they were escorted by an Orb aircraft, with Kisaka inside of the aircraft. The Archangel then turned around as it began to back up inside, with Erica Simmons, Uzumi Nara Atha, and Cagalli Yula Atha, in her Orb uniform, watching the arrival of the Archangel. Cagalli then used this chance to go to the Archangel. Once she reached the Archangel, she tried to open the door that led inside the ship, but the door opened as two Archangel crews were escorting an injured Archangel member on a stretcher, barely alive.
Cagalli was shocked, but now is not the time for that because she has a mission to do. To see if Kira's with the ship. She then went inside. Inside the Archangel, Kira is wandering inside the hallways of the Archangel, wondering what would happen now that the Archangel defected from the Earth Alliance after JOSH-A. That is until someone called him out.
"Kira!" Kira immediately pause in his little stroll as he turned around to see who called him, only to find himself get tackled to the ground by Cagalli herself, "You damn fool!" Cagalli cried out as she slammed her now-clenched fist on Kira's chest, which Kira found too painful as he grunted in pain.
He opened his eyes from the tackle to see Cagalli with an angry look, "Why... you...!" Cagalli stuttered as she started crying into Kira's chest, "I thought you were dead! You jerk!
Kira just gave a small smile as he allowed Cagalli a moment to let it all out before finally saying, "Sorry."
Cagalli raised her head to meet Kira's smiling face with her tear-stained one as she quietly asked, "You're really alive?"
"I'm alive and well."
Cagalli just smiled at him as the two stayed there on the ground for a little while... until behind Cagalli (or in front of Kira), Miorine and Suletta arrived and the white-haired girl just coughed to get their attention, which they did.
"Just what do you think you are doing to my groom?" Miorine asked as she and Suletta glared at Cagalli.
Cagalli just looked at them, then back to Kira because of the word..., "What does she mean by... "groom"? Also, who are they?"
Kira just sighed, "I'll explain later. I've already explained to the others who they are and what happened to me after."
We're still at the Archangel, just in the bridge section. Murrue, Mu, and the rest of the bridge crew are met with Uzumi, Kisaka, and other Orb superiors and officials.
"Thank you for accepting... this selfish request of ours." Murrue thanked Uzumi as she bowed.
"Given the situation, your crewmembers will be under tight watch for the time being. Please understand." Uzumi told Murrue, "But in any case, they should be able to catch on some much-needed rest."
Murrue just smiled at Uzumi's information, "Thank you very much."
"Due to the destruction of the Earth Force's Headquarters...this world is once again shifting in a new direction." Uzumi said then he looked to the rest of the crew next, "Once you get some rest, I shall give you a run down on the latest news."
Mu and Neumann just had neutral expressions once Uzumi told them that.
"You shall hear for yourselves and be left with a lot to think about." Uzumi continued as he looked back to Murrue, "You may even ask yourselves why you put on that uniform in the first place."
We're now at the Archangel's hangar as the girls just introduced one another on their way and Kira gave the run down to Cagalli on how he survived. Cagalli couldn't believe that even if Miorine and Suletta were good enough evidence. Kira and the girls had to show her the Strike and Aerial... which is enough to convince Cagalli. Moreover, the Strike is not using its Phase Shift and it still retains color. Cagalli had to ask him how he became the groom for Miorine, but Kira decided to tell her that he'll tell her next time once Uzumi and the rest are present. Cagalli reluctantly accepted that in the end.
Then she informed Kira that she talked and met Athrun after the fight.
"I see. So you met Athrun." Kira said, who's inside the Aerial, doing maintenance while the girls are just outside of the Gundam, with Cagalli looking at the Aerial, amazed at the design of the Gundam. Suletta just watched Kira doing maintenance to Aerial while eating a sandwich. Miorine leaned on the railings and listened to both Kira and Cagalli's conversation.
"We went to search for you, but we found him instead." Cagalli told Kira, "He was devasted... He was crying, saying he killed you." Flashbacks of the Aegis self-destructing, Cagalli and the Orb rescuers finding Athrun, and Athrun himself crying for killing Kira.
"In the battle, I killed his friend..." Then flashbacks of the Sword Strike killing the Blitz while Athrun just watched, "...and he killed Tolle. There was no way around it." And finally followed by Tolle's death, "For me, and I'm sure for Athrun as well."
'Well, again, at least he's not a cold-blooded killer...' Miorine thought in relief as she smiled.
"You've been friends since you were little, right?" Cagalli asked.
Kira looked back to Cagalli, "As long as I can remember, Athrun has been strong in character...and he has helped me on numerous occasions."
"What made you remain on the Earth Forces' side...even after knowing you had to fight him." Cagalli asked, which Kira caught off guard, "Well, you're a Coordinator, after all... So it seems foolish to stay, knowing you had to fight your friend."
Kira then began to have flashbacks back at Heliopolis, when ZAFT infiltrated his home and the first time he piloted the Strike, "Miorine asked me this when we arrived here... I thought... if I didn't, everyone that I know and love would die. I'm a Coordinator, after all."
Cagalli didn't get that as Kira kept on going as he looked onto the side of the Aerial's monitors to see the Strike. His Gundam that he used to protect his loved ones, "The truth is... the honest truth is... I guess I never thought it could possibly happen..." Then flashbacks of the Strike VS Aegis occurred in his mind, "...that I would kill Athrun, or Athrun kill me."
There were moments when Miriallia felt she might be too kind to people, and today was one of those moments. The brown-haired girl discovered that a food tray was unclaimed and that it belonged to Dearka Elsman, the prisoner of the Archangel. As a result, she was forced to deliver the dish to the Coordinator herself. That was the reason she was currently in the prison area, making her way toward the cell.
"Dinner's served." Miriallia called out as she slid the tray into the slot at the bottom of the door, stirring the Coordinators from his nap, "Things were a bit hectic back there. Sorry for the delay."
Dearka just sat on his bed staring at Miriallia for a moment, a fact that the girl noticed pretty quickly. "What is it?" Miriallia demanded.
"Ah, nothing." Deark quickly replied, "I just didn't expect you to be bringing it, honey."
"Honey?"
Knowing what he did, he quickly took that back, "I'm sorry. Ma'am!"
"My name's Miriallia. Not "honey"." Miriallia told Dearka, who raised his eyebrow.
"Y-You mean, I can call you by your name?" Dearka asked in a hopeful tone.
"No!" Miriallia snapped as she spun on her heel to leave.
"Hey!" Dearka called out as he stood up from his bed and went to the railings.
"What now?" Miriallia asked with an irritated tone.
"What's going on with the ship? Why am I still on board?" Dearka asked, "It's crazy going into battle while you're still carrying prisoners!"
"I know. But there's nothing we can do about it, is there?" Miriallia pointed out as she looked back to Dearka.
"Where are we? When are you going to let me out of here?"
"We're in Orb." Miriallia answered his question, "We aren't allowed to disembark ourselves. How should I know when you'll be let out."
Ok, so we're currently Orb's main base and in one of the rooms that contain some of the members of the Archangel crew, Kira and the girls, Cagalli and her father, and Kisaka.
In front of Uzumi is Murrue, accompanied by Mu, Arnold, Kira, Suletta, Miorine, and Cagalli. And beside Uzumi is Kisaka. Recently, Kira decided to tell the three Orb natives about how he survived. Uzumi and Kisaka find that hard to believe, but Suletta and Miorine made themselves known and they showed evidence if that wasn't enough to convince them that another timeline was real by showing them the upgraded Strike (With its PS down, but the white, red, and blue colors are still present) and Aerial, and of course, a video from the Strike's Data containing Kira's adventures in Asticassia. That seems to be enough to convince them. And now for the main topic at hand here...
"A Cyclops System?" Uzumi repeated once he was informed of what happened by Murrue and the rest, with the Ad Stella Girls among them since they're now also involved, "But even if the information on the enemy had been leaked...going through with such a plan seems rather extreme."
"However, it is undeniable that it took out...80 percent of ZAFT's attacking forces." Kisaka added, "For the military strategists, it's nothing but numbers on paper... with an added bonus of sacrificing only the unwanted."
Murrue, Kira, Cagalli, Suletta, and Miorine had displeased expressions on their faces.
"And this is the result." Uzumi then pressed his remote to activate/change the TV in the room. It changed to news that shows about the aftermath when the Cyclops System activated.
"How horrible..." Suletta muttered once she saw the news while Miorine just clicked her tongue.
"I can understand what's happening, but it's sure tough to swallow." Mu commented as the TV was turned off by Uzumi.
"The Atlantic Federation...has been putting pressure on the neutral nations." Uzumi informed Murrue and Mu, "They're being told that any nation refusing to join the Alliance Forces...will be declared an enemy. Of course, our nation, Orb, is no exception."
"Well, those Alliance just want this nation's power." Miorine commented as Cagalli agreed to the girl's comment.
"As I'm sure you're aware...our nation does not refuse entry to Coordinators. We are one of a few nations that will allow anyone to enter and reside in the country." Uzumi said as several scenes were shown. The M1 Astrays, Erica, and the mechanics repairing the Archangel, Murdoch, and the other mechanics are unsure of what to do with the Strike's newly discovered engine that Kira told them about... the Warp Drive Engine. Kira told them not to tinker with it because he was sure that Prospera installed a fail-safe in it. And etc., "...as long as they honor the ideas and laws of our nation. We should not be judged by whether or not our genes have been modified. The only thing accomplished...by labeling people as "Coordinators" or "Naturals"... is to produce friction between people."
Cagalli and Kira looked at each other, the latter smiled at the former. Suletta and Miorine just looked at Kira, the redhead smiling at the boy while the white-haired girl just gave him a neutral expression.
"Cagalli is a Natural, and Kira is a Coordinator." Uzumi continued as he looked at the two aforementioned teenagers, "These are facts that themselves they have no control over."
Kira smiled and immediately agreed with the former chief representative of Orb on what he was saying, which prompted Uzumi to continue, "I cannot agree with the ways of the Atlantic Federation...to label every Coordinator as evil and as an enemy...and to attack every one of them without justification."
Miorine just looked at Uzumi, unsure of what to feel about this man. But it's a good thing that Uzumi wants peace and accepts Naturals and Coordinators in his nation.
"Who's really fighting who? And for what reason?" Uzumi finished his speech.
"However...although I do understand your point..." Miorine started, "...excuse me for saying this, but isn't your position just an ideal theory?"
"I agree with what the girl said." Mu added, agreeing to Miorine, "It may be ideal...but Coordinators will continue to look down on Naturals..."
"And Naturals will continue to be jealous of Coordinators if I remember what Kira told me correctly and what I learned by learning this timeline's history." Miorine finished for Mu, "That's the reality."
"I realize that." Uzumi said as he stood up from the table, "Needless to say, it's not as if our nation has no problems of its own. But if we give up on trying to improve things...in the end, we'll have no option but to eliminate one another."
The Archangel crew just looked at Uzumi, who kept on going while he walked behind Kisaka.
"At that point, it would be too late to do anything but reflect and regret." He turned around to face the crew, "But you would suggest that we should just shut up and let this happen...because that's the way of the world?"
Everyone paused for a moment to think that over for a moment before Lord Uzumi turned to everyone in the room who was still wearing the Earth Forces uniform.
"It's up to you what you wish to do with the rest of your lives." Uzumi told them, "If you have problems betraying the uniform you're wearing... or problems of unwillingly coming to this timeline and becoming a soldier." The last one obviously refers to Miorine and Suletta.
"I'll take the appropriate steps to allow you to remain in them." He then looked at the two girls that are out of this timeline, "And you two already made the decision to stay and help them."
The girls nodded at his statement as he smiled and closed his eyes, "You're all young, and have valuable skills. Make sure your decision is one you can live with." He opened his eyes and looked at his various paintings, "Make sure you choose the future that you truly desire. There's still time." This time he's referring to all of them. Including Cagalli.
With a lot of thinking after what Uzumi told them, Miorine decided to ask, breaking the little game of silence, "How do you view this, Uzumi-sama?"
Uzumi looked back at Miorine, "I believe we're no longer in a position where our swords...can be simply for display."
The next morning... not so good. Why? Well, the Archangel crew was notified by Kisaka and others that ZAFT launched an attack on Panama led by the Alliance. Said Alliance Forces were being slaughtered and their Mass Drivers destroyed despite the fact that they tried to fight back with their new grunt-type mobile suits. The Strike Gundam's Mass Produced version, the Strike Daggers. But they stood no chance against ZAFT when said force used EMP Bombs to destroy any chance of resistance the Earth Alliance had.
Mu was at the Archangel's hangar, looking at the Strike Gundam and Aerial Gundam. Kira arrived at the hangar as he approached Mu and asked him.
"Mu-san... what are you gonna do now that Panama's being attacked?" Kira asked the blonde-haired commander, "Even though we now defect from the Alliance forces."
"I... don't know to be honest." Mu said as he looked back to the Gundams, "A part of me wants to go there and help, but another part... isn't sure. What about you, kid?" Mu asked as he looked back to Kira.
"I'll fight. Suletta told me that she wants to go in there and fight. The same goes for Miorine, even though she's not gonna pilot a mobile suit yet." Kira said as he smiled and looked at the Strike and Aerial, "Even though those two are not from here, they both know what's right and wrong."
"You'll fight even though it's just three of you?" Mu asked as he looked back to Kira and Kira did the same.
"We'll just do what we can; that's all we can hope for." Kira answered Mu's question, "I don't like things as they are now... but I don't think anything will be solved like this. Which is why all three of us decided to fight them."
As soon as that conversation ended, Cagalli entered the hangars, calling Kira.
"Kira!" Cagalli called out as she went beside Kira, "Erica Simmons wants to see you. She says there's something she wants to show you and the girls."
At Morgenröte, Mu, Murrue, Kira, Suletta, Miorine, Cagalli, and Erica are now at the mobile suit development lab, "I thought I should give this to you now that you've come back. Also, this other one is for Suletta's Aerial."
"Eh? You're giving us something? What is that?" Suletta asked as they reached their destination... that caused Kira and the girls to gasp when they saw what was in store for them.
A Strike Gundam with cerulean eyes. And another set of the original three Striker Packs... with the arm-mounted variants of the shoulder units for the Aerial.
"Eh?! Another Strike-nii?!" Suletta gawked at the sight of another Strike Gundam, "Looks like Aerial's gonna be a big sister now!" Then her eyes became stars.
Erica just looked at her amusingly, then she looked back at Kira with an apologetic expression, "We built it using the Strike's data that we snagged when you were at Orb. Sorry, Kira."
"Uhh... it's fine. It's kinda understandable why you guys had to." Kira said, "So... you guys made another Strike huh? Oh, and you guys also made the arm-mounted variants of the shoulder units that I lent you."
"Yep, and not gonna lie, it's a good alternative." Erica said as she looked at the other Strike, "This unit is called the MBF-03 Strike Kai. It's obvious it's not gonna be yours since your Strike is upgraded and is more powerful than the Strike Kai thanks to the timeline that you were at. I installed the OS that you created for us... I figured someone else would be piloting it this time."
"The one designed for Naturals?" Mu asked, thinking of piloting this Strike.
"Yes." Erica confirmed, "We also managed to upgrade the Aile Striker thanks to the Strike's updated data that you lent us Kira when you requested us to make another set of the three Striker Packs. Speaking of which... Kira this is what I wanted to give you. Bring her down boys!"
Then... a Striker pack was lowered down from the ceiling. The IWSP Striker Pack. The sight of the Striker Pack made Kira and the rest of the Archangel crew's eyes widen.
"A new Striker Pack?" Kira asked as he looked back to Erica.
"Yep." Erica smiled at Kira's question, "This is the Integrated Weapons Striker Pack. Or IWSP. It combines the primary characteristics of the Aile, Sword, and Launcher Striker Packs, allowing the Strike Gundam to handle different combat situations with one set of equipment. It also grants the mobile suit the ability to fly within the atmosphere."
"Woah..." Kira awed as he eyed the Striker Pack, "This... could be useful. I can't wait to use this."
"Yeah, but there are complications like the weight of the new shield. You might find yourself constantly tilted thanks to the weight."
"I've used the Multiple Assault Striker back at Ad Stella. I think I can handle it. But I might rarely use it though."
"I hope you do." Erica smiled, then she decided to go back to the elephant in the room, "So what about the Strike Kai?"
"I'll pilot it!" Cagalli exclaimed, which surprised Murrue and the rest as they looked back at her. Cagalli looked back at Murrue if she was fine with it, "Oh if it's okay with you, that is."
'I really want to pilot that Strike. But... can I handle the burden of killing...?" Miorine mentally thought, having second thoughts if she's gonna pilot the Strike Kai or not.
"No, you can't." Mu denied Cagalli's volunteering to pilot the Strike Kai.
"Why not?" Cagalli objected Mu.
"I'm piloting it!" Mu simply stated as Cagalli whined... and the rest of the people present just gave Mu surprised looks.
"Commander!" Murrue exclaimed.
"That title no longer applies, does it?" Mu said as he gave Murrue a smirk, "Murrue-san." Murrue just stared at him.
A short while, now at the training area of Morgenröte, Kira, and Suletta are inside their respective Mobile Suits. Both Gundams are wielding mock sabers and shields. Yes, Aerial is using a copy of the Strike's shield. In front of them is the greyed Strike Kai, before it stood up and activated its Phase Shift to reveal that instead of blue and red, it was purple and orange, reflecting Mu's pilot suit and Moebius Zero's colors.
"I can't help thinking it's still too soon for you to spar with me and Suletta." Kira commented over the radio.
"Y-Yeah. Isn't this a little too soon, Mu-san?" Suletta joined in.
"Quiet both of you! Don't tell me what to do! You both better not go easy on me! Even you, Suisei-chan! Here I go!"Mu exclaimed as in the spectating area of the training area Murrue, Miorine, and Cagalli just watched the sparring session with worried expressions while Erica was neutral about this, curious as to who would win.
With that, Mu charged the Strike Kai in to take a swing at the two, with the Strike going in front of Aerial and blocking his mobile suit's successor's slash with his shield and Aerial jumping over the Strike with her thrusters preparing to slash down her new little sibling, the Strike Kai.
RF2: I want to thank jetslinger333 for the additional POVs! Again, thanks for the help, man. Also, what do guys think? Mu's mobile suit is the Strike Kai, his own personal mobile suit instead of a hand down now. Okay, I know that his personal MS in actuality is the Perfect Strike, but... Still a hand down in my opinion. And Aerial and Strike got their new Striker Packs! Yay! All that's left is the Battle of Orb! Meaning... the debut of Strike IWSP, Perfect Aerial, and Perfect Strike Kai! And also the debut of the three Alliance Gundams. ANWAYS! Again! What do you guys think? Good? Bad? Shit? Gucci? You guys decide! This is RF2 signing off! See you and Happy New Year!