With Ichika
Aboard the [Minerva] everyone was taking Heine's death hard. Even Ichika, who only knew the man for a few days, but there was something that he liked about him. Many people were wondering why the [Archangel] intervened and messed up everything.
"It's all their fault." Shinn said. Lunamaria, Rey, and Ichika thought this as well, but Athrun was torn. He used to be a member of the [Archangel] in the last war and together they stopped that senseless war. He knew they were good people, but he needed to know why did they intervene.
Athrun, as member of FAITH, he could do as he pleased. He left the [Minerva] in order to find a way to contact the [Archangel] and get some answers. While he was in the city, he met an old friend. Miriallia Haw used to be on the [Archangel], but was a freelance photographer now. She heard that Athrun only wanted to talk with the members of the [Archangel] and she agreed to help.
The [Minerva] had given its pilots their own missions. Recently they learned of an deserted Earth Alliance lab thanks to a local. They tasked Shinn, Rey, and Ichika to investigate the base. They were to report if they found anything. Lunamaria was tasked with spying on Athrun from the captain.
Meanwhile on the [Archangel].
Seth was currently enjoying a bath in the [Archangel]. He was surprised to learn that the [Archangel] had a Japanese style bath. The hot water was so relaxing.
"Room for one more?" A voice said. Seth turned his head and saw Kira with a towel around his hips. Seth moved over and Kira joined him. Kira noticed the white Marker tattoo on Seth's chest and grew curious.
"Seth what is that thing on your chest?"
"Don't know. It just appeared one morning."
"Really?"
"Not lying." Seth said as he enjoyed the heat. As Seth and Kira quiet down, they could hear Lacus and Cagalli talking in the women's bath, that was separated by a bamboo wall.
"I wondering if what we did was right?" Cagalli thought as she opened up to Lacus.
"First decide...then act, Cagalli." Lacus said as she already learn this lesson the hard way. There was no turning back now that they placed their hand in this war. They were gonna stop it.
As the group met up in the bridge a little later, they received a coded message from Miriallia.
'The red knight wishes to meet the princess.'
"Red knight...Athrun!" Kira said. Now the group was debating whether or not to go to the meeting. They were supposed to be stay under the radar or keep a low profile, but this was a special chance for them to reunite with a dear friend.
"I'll go." Kira said.
"Then I'll go with you as well." Cagalli said.
"Count me in as well." Seth wanted to get some fresh air and he also wanted to meet this Athrun person that everyone spoke highly of. Kira decided that it would be little to no harm in having Seth come along.
Meanwhile.
Ichika, Shinn, and Rey now took off from the [Minerva] and headed towards the old research facility. They know not the horrors that awaited them when they arrived.
With Seth.
Now it was late in the day. The [Freedom] popped out of the water and reached a cliff. Kira hid the [Freedom] under the cliff and the three of them started to climb up to the flat top above. Now the three of them were greeted by a woman with brown hair.
"Kira!" Miriallia said as she saw the group. She saw Seth and wonder who he was. Seth introduced himself to the girl. Miriallia was surprised that the [Archangel] had a crew member so young, but she remembered that she was only 16 when she was a crew member of the [Archangel]. The group now learned that Athrun had returned to ZAFT and soon the [Saviour] arrived. Athrun got out of the machine.
"Kira, Cagalli..."
"Athrun, is it true that you've returned to ZAFT?" Kira asked his old friend.
"Yeah."
"Then are you the pilot of that machine?"
"I am." Athrun said.
"Then you were at the battle the other day. On a nearby ledge, Lunamaria had set up special recording equipment. Her mission was to record the upcoming conversation Athrun would have. She was surprised for see someone who looked so much like Ichika near the group.
"Which is why I am here today. We need to have a talk." Suddenly Seth brought out a pistol and aimed it at Athrun.
"Seth what are you doing!?" Kira was shocked that Seth pulled out a weapon on his old friend who only wanted to talk. Athrun now prepared himself to fight back if need.
"He set us up." Seth said as he kept his hand on the trigger.
"What are you talking about?! I came here only to talk."
"Then explain that girl over there." Seth said as he pointed to a nearby ledge where Lunamaria was. She had some sort of recording equipment. Lunamaria was shocked that Seth was able to detect her. The people who knew Athrun were shocked that he led someone to them.
"Athrun, I thought you were here to talk?" Kira was shocked that Athrun would do something.
"Kira, you have to believe me, I had no clue she was following me."
"Athrun, you betrayed my trust." Miriallia couldn't believe that Athrun broke his promise.
"It's not what it looks like."
Kira and Cagalli were deeply hurt that Athrun betrayed them. They had no clue that Lunamaria was here on orders from captain Gladys and Athrun didn't betray them. Seth saw that killing Athrun would be far too emotionally damaging. He lowered his weapon.
"Kira let me explain." Athrun tried to talk, but no one was in a listening mood. Kira quickly got in the [Freedom] and grabbed the other two. They quickly left the scene. Athrun saw a small helicopter start flying away. He got in the [Saviour] and caught the helicopter. He opened the cockpit of the [Saviour].
"Get in here, Now!" Athrun was clearly mad that Lunamaria blew Athrun's one chance to try and stop the [Archangel] from intervening, peacefully. Lunamaria didn't think Athrun had a mean side, but now she was looking at it. Athrun was going to have a nice long chat with captain Gladys when he got back.
Meanwhile.
Ichika, Shinn, and Rey entered the deserted research facility. They were currently walking through the halls and the place smelled terrible. Ichika knew the smell of decaying flesh and this place reeked of it. He also began to smell some familiar chemicals, but the last time he smelled these were in the lab where he was created. He started to get a bad feeling.
They entered a room where they saw several large tubes, that were filled with a strange liquid and some had what appears to be human bodies, but they were all the same person. Rey started to have a panic attack when he saw these tubes.
"Hey Rey! What's wrong?!" Shinn said as he saw his friend starting to breath heavily in and out.
"Shit. Shinn, call the [Minerva]. I'll help Rey." Ichika said as he grabbed Rey and carried him outside. Shinn quickly called the [Minerva] and they launched from the harbor. Ichika was able to stabilize Rey and now placed him under a tree. Soon Shinn came out of the facility. A half hour later the [Minerva] arrived.
A few hours later.
Athrun and Lunamaria arrived at the deserted and saw the large operation taking place. He landed and the two got out. Athrun wanted to know what was going on, then he would have a chat with captain Gladys. Her learned that this place was where the Earth Alliance was making their Extended pilots. Many people only heard rumors about this program and many thought it wasn't real, but now it was staring them in the face.
A crew member of the [Minerva] inside of the ship, who was watching the radar, suddenly saw a new contact appear. It was the [Gaia].
"Shinn, Athrun, take the [Gaia] out." Captain Gladys said to the two pilots as the [Gaia] approached. Shinn got in the [Impulse] and Athrun in the [Saviour]. The [Gaia] was no match for the combined forces of the two Gundams and they were able to stop the unit without killing the pilot. Shinn was shocked as when he saw who was in the [Gaia].
"Stella?" They quickly retrieved the young girl and place her in the [Minerva].
Meanwhile on the [Archangel].
On board the [Archangel] Seth was currently looking through the databases that the [Archangel] had access to. He accessed the terminal databases and found blueprints for a lot of mobile suits. He knew that [Stargazer] would need to be upgraded to stand a chance against the other more advanced mobile suits. He would create the blueprints, but building it would take more than what he currently had access to. Lacus and Andrew hijacked a shuttle and returned to space. Lacus needed to find out what was happening at the Plants and what was with this fake Lacus.
Back with the [Minerva].
Shinn was in deep trouble for bringing an enemy pilot on board without the captain's permission, but given his recent battle record, he was let off with a warning. The enemy pilot Stella was an extended and had massive amounts of drugs placed in her to increase her pilot skills, but without a special type of machine, her body would start to break down. She also would have a mental meltdown if the word 'die' was said around her. The doctor of the [Minerva] said at her health was progressively getting worse.
Ichika knew that the girl would die in about a week if she didn't go back. He could tell that Stella wasn't gonna get better. Ichika asked if he could become the pilot of the [Gaia] since his last machine was FUBAR. Captain Gladys told him that she wish she could, but the machine had some sort of modification done to it, and needed to head back to the Plants. Luckily for him, they received another [Zaku] and he took it.
Athrun talked to captain Gladys and demanded to know why Lunamaria spied on him and ruined his chance to talk the [Archangel] and its crew to stop intervening. The captain said that it was to try and get any information on the [Archangel] and not because they didn't trust him.
The [Minerva] now left the harbor it was station. On its current path, the [Minerva] had no clue that the Earth Alliance had set up an ambush. The orb forces and the members of Phantom Pain Now launched its mobile suits. The [Windam] units, and Orb [Murasame] units launched. Phantom pain launched the [Chaos] and [Abyss]. Captain Gladys order that Athrun and Shinn engage the enemy mobile suits, while the other three pilots would protect the ship.
"Shinn Asuka, Core Splendor, Taking off!" Shinn said as he launched from the [Minerva]. The core splendor was followed by three other flyer units. The four machine combined and formed the Blast [Impulse] Gundam.
"Athrun Zala, [Saviour], Heading Out." Athrun said as he launched from the [Minerva].
"Ichika Orimura, [Zaku], I'm heading out!" Ichika said as he launched from the [Minerva]. Ichika's slash wizard was destroyed by [Stargazer] in the last battle so he had to use the spare [Zaku] Gunner wizard. Which was basically a sniper package. He was equipped with a powerful Mi500 Orthros beam cannon. He jumped on to the top of the ship as he was unable to fly.
"Rey Za Burrel, [Zaku], heading out!"
"Lunamaria Hawke, [Zaku], taking off!" Lunamaria and Rey joined Ichika on top of the [Minerva]. Together they started to open fire on the income enemy mobile suit.
Suddenly the Earth alliance forces fired a barrage of missiles at the [Minerva]. The [Minerva] intercepted the missiles, but that was what the Earth Alliance forces wanted. The missiles exploded and unleashed a shower of shrapnel. Ichika saw the incoming shrapnel.
"TAKE COVER!" Ichika yelled to warn Rey and Lunamaria. The [Zakus] quickly took cover underneath anything they could find. The shrapnel rained down causing massive damage to the top of the ship. Luckily the pilots weren't injured and now started to fired back.
The [Impulse] was currently engaging the [Abyss]. Shinn was being bombarded by a barrage of beam from the [Abyss]. He saw that the [Abyss] was about to deliver a fatal shot to him if he didn't do something. Shinn shut down the the [Impulse]'s thrusters and the machine sunk into the water, avoiding the beams. The [Impulse] rose from the ocean and fired its plasma cannons at the [Abyss]. The [Abyss] dived into the water and now circled around the [Impulse].
Athrun in the [Saviour] was fighting off enemy [Windam] units and the [Chaos]. He was able to hold his ground, but things would get bad if he didn't help Shinn soon. Suddenly something shot several [Murasame] mobile suits without killing the pilots. The radar now showed four familiar signals.
The [Freedom] along with [Stargazer], [Strike Rouge], and the [Archangel] now arrived on the battlefield. Cagalli once again wished for her people not to take part in this battle. She gave another speech pleading for the Orb forces to withdraw, but Shinn and Ichika had gotten sick of this. Shinn fired a barrage of missiles at the [Strike Rouge] and Ichika used his Orthros beam cannon. Seth and Kira quickly moved to protect Cagalli. Kira shot the missiles and Seth activated [Stargazer]'s Voiture Lumiere system. The beam was absorbed by [Stargazer] and now several green beam cutters circled the mobile suit.
Several [Murasame] shot at the [Strike Rouge], but Seth shot the [Murasame] units down. The beams were absorbed by the Voiture Lumiere system. The enemy mobile suits now began to engage one another.
A group of [Murasame] mobile suits dived towards the [Minerva] and unleashed their anti-ship missiles. The [Minerva] wouldn't be able to shoot all of them down. The missiles that hit he ship, also caused damaged to the [Zaku] units. Ichika's [Zaku] had minor damage, but was still usable. Rey's [Zaku] lost and arm, but still usable. Lunamaria was not so lucky. Her [Zaku] received massive damage. She was hurt and needed medical attention.
"Shit, Rey cover me." Ichika said as he grabbed the damaged [Zaku] and brought Lunamaria inside. Shinn saw that Lunamaria was hurt and entered Seed Mode.
Shinn now started to destroy a large number of enemy mobile suits. He even destroyed the [Abyss]. Shinn rage was still burning. He saw the [Strike Rouge] and knew if he could destroy it then this chaos on the battlefield would end.
Kira fought against the [Chaos] and disable it. Now he was fighting the [Saviour]. Kira knew that he was left with no choice but to fight Athrun with everything he had. Kira entered Seed Mode and disabled the [Saviour].
"Kira!" Athrun yelled as his machine fell into the water.
Shinn in the [Impulse] charged at Cagalli, but Seth got in his way.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Shinn roared as he attacked [Stargazer]. Seth used [Stargazer]'s hidden beam sabers and slashed off the [Impulse]'s plasma cannons. Shinn started to fall and Seth now grabbed Cagalli. He brought the [Strike Rouge] back to the [Archangel]. As Shinn was falling he called out for the [Minerva] to send out the sword silhouette pack. Shinn now attacked the earth alliance ships. The sword silhouette was equipped with two massive anti-ship beam blades that made quick work of the enemy ship.
The earth alliance forces decided that they've lost too many forces and retreated. With the fighting ending, the [Impulse] was called back to the [Minerva]. Kira returned to the [Archangel] and they left the battlefield. The [Archangel] gained six Orb [Murasame] units that defected to her. The [Minerva] returned to a nearby port for repairs.
A Few Weeks later
Over the last few days, Stella's condition was getting worse. She was dying and the ZAFT doctors had no way of helping her. Shinn decided to take matters into his own hands. With the help of Ichika and Rey, they got Stella off of the [Minerva] and back to Neo Roanoke. He promised Shinn that she would never be placed in a mobile suit again. When Shinn returned to the [Minerva] he, Ichika, and Rey were placed in the brig or violating several military laws, but Chairman Durandal excused all three of their punishments, to the shock of Captain Gladys.
A few days later.
Neo broke his promise and placed Stella in the GFAS-X1 [Destroy] Gundam. This was no ordinary Gundam. It's a massive mech that is three times as large as a regular mobile suit.
The Earth Alliance forces unleashed the fury of the [Destroy] on Eurasia. It currently has leveled two cities, and currently Berlin was under attack. The ZAFT forces seemed powerless to stopped it. When terminal learned of this, they told the [Archangel]. The crew of the [Archangel] decided to intervene. ZAFT also tasked any nearby units to try and stop this machine. The [Minerva] now set a course to Berlin.
Berlin.
The capital of Germany was set ablaze. The [Destroy] was a walking fortress and had more then enough firepower to easily destroy anything that got in its way. Stella continued to destroyed any mobile suits and structures that got in her way. She was unleashing a barrage of beams and missiles. Something fired a powerful plasma beam at the [Destroy], but it used its reflector shields. The beams bounce off and destroyed a few buildings. Stella looked at where the beams came from and saw two mobile suits.
"The [Freedom] and [Stargazer], Stella be careful. These guys are tough." Neo said as he charged to engage the two mobile suits. The [Chaos] along with several other mobile suits joined Neo in attacking the enemy mobile suits. The [Archangel] launched the Orb [Murasame] units aboard her. Now the mobile suits engaged each other. The [Chaos] fired on the [Freedom], but the [Murasame] units attacked the Gundam.
[Freedom] and [Stargazer] were trying to find a way to stop the [Destroy] Gundam, but its reflector shields weren't making things easy. Just then the [Minerva] arrived in Berlin and launched its currently working mobile suit the [Impulse].
As [Stargazer] was fighting the [Destroy], Blaze and Flame hacked into the machine to see if it had a weakness, but they found something disturbing. The machine monitored the pilots brainwaves and this persons was out of control.
"Seth, you need to see this." Blaze said as they displayed the enemy pilot's brainwave on one of [Stargazer]'s screens. Seth wasn't an expert when it came to brainwaves, but this pilot's were out of control.
"Is she a super-soldier?" Seth started to wonder. Suddenly Blaze and Flame were able to open a channel with the pilot of the [Destroy]. Seth was gonna try and reason with the pilot. He didn't expect to see a girl around his age piloting the massive mech and she looked terrified.
"Pilot of the giant mobile suit, can you hear me?" Seth said. The pilot of the [Destroy] looked at the monitor.
"You have to stop! Do you have any idea how many innocent lives are dying because of you!" Seth didn't know that Stella trigger word was anything with death. She instantly had a meltdown.
"NOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Stella unleashed a massive barrage of beams. Seth activated [Stargazer]'s Voiture Lumiere system to absorbed the beams. The [Impulse] just came in and slashed with a beam saber at the [Destroy]'s cockpit. Luckily it just grazed the outside layer and exposed the cockpit to the outside world. Stella started to break down even more. Now shrapnel was embedded into her body. She fired even more beams from the [Destroy].
"Damn you! Why do you desire to kill so many people?!" Shinn yelled as he charged at the [Destroy] but a purple [Windam] slammed into the [Impulse] stopping its attack.
"Hey kid, Stella is in there." Neo said to the pilot of the [Impulse].
"Stella?" Before Shinn could try and talk with Stella the [Freedom] came up and disable the two mobile suits. The [Windam] fell to the ground with the cockpit intact. The [Impulse] lost its thrusted and fell behind a building unable to see the [Destroy].
Seth decided to take a gamble. He evaded the barrage of beams and appeared in front of the [Destroy]'s cockpit. Seth opened his cockpit and deployed [B.L.A.Z.E.]. He brought out her energy blades and slashed opened the cockpit. Stella saw the black I.S. and started grew fearful for her life.
"STAY AWAY!" She yelled. Seth grabbed the distressed girl and brought her inside [Stargazer]. Stella was thrashing around far too much and Seth was forced to knock the girl out. He headed back to the [Archangel]. Kira saw Seth was moving away from the [Destroy] and destroyed the massive machine.
"No, don't do it!" Shinn yelled just seconds before Kira unleashed the full fury of the [Freedom] on the empty mech. Shinn watched in horror as the [Destroy] blew up.
"STELLA!" Shinn yelled as the giant machine exploded.
On the [Archangel].
Seth had landed on board the [Archangel] and quickly brought out Stella. He rushed to get her to the ship's medical deck. Seth cursed when he saw that the doctor had left the [Archangel] to give emergency medical attention to the civilians in Berlin. Seth saw that the doctor had left some equipment. He cleared a nearby table and placed the Extended pilot on it. He found a vial of morphine and injected the girl.
Seth found a scalpel, with it he removed Stella's clothes and helmet. He now had a clear view of how badly Stella was injured. Seth quickly went to work on removing the shrapnel embedded into Stella's body. When he pulled out a large piece, Seth would use stasis to slow down Stella's blood loss. He used [B.L.A.Z.E.]'s healing ability to seal the wounds. It took a grueling thirty minutes to pull out all of the shrapnel.
Seth saw that the girl was stable. He dressed her in a medical gown and brought her to an empty room. He set her on the bed, and took a little blood from her. Blaze went to work performing several blood test with the sample. It would take a few hours for the test to be complete. Seth didn't want the girl to be scared when she woke up so he sat in the other bed and continued to work on blueprints for an upgraded [Stargazer].
Seth was wondering if somehow [Stargazer] could use some of his transformations. Like if he could funnel Hyper Mode or Trans-Am. Seth and Flame started to run a few simulations and discovered that if he did a transformation the form could be transferred, with the exception of [Nova Mode], [Fusion Mode] and his strongest transformations. However the modes that could be transferred would be to a limited extent.
Several Hours Later.
Seth was just about done with the planned upgrades to [Stargazer] and Stella began to wake up. She saw that she was in an unfamiliar place and saw Seth sitting in the next bed over.
"Ah, you're awake. Are you feeling alright?" Seth asked the girl. Stella stared at Seth for several seconds before pouncing on him.
Seth was startled by the surprised attack and soon felt a pair of hands on his throat. Stella began to choke Seth with all her strength, but the boy easily pulled her hands away. Stella tried again to attack Seth, but this time he pinned her down to the ground. Just then several people entered the room. The doctor of the [Archangel] with his nurse assistance and the man known as Neo Roanoke, but this time without his helmet. The doctor and nurse were shocked to see a enemy pilot inside of the [Archangel]. Neo saw Stella trying to break free from Seth's pin, he had to stop her. If he didn't then the young girl might be killed he thought.
"Stella, stand down!" Neo said. Stella looked up and saw a blond hair man. She never saw Neo without his mask, but she clearly knew who that voice belonged to.
"Neo!" Stella cheered.
"Stella, listen to me. You need to do as these people say. If you do, then they won't hurt us, Okay?" Stella obeyed like a child would with its parents. Seth made a mental note that Stella's mental age was the same as a small child when she was in a good mood. Seth released his pin on the girl and she sat on the bed. The doctor and nurse placed Neo on the bed Seth was sitting.
Just as things were calming down, Blaze finished with the blood tests. Seth saw the results and was shocked. Almost all of the natural chemicals Stella had were far above the average for a normal person. Not only that, but there were several chemicals that should not be in the human body. Seth grew angry at the things they did to Stella. They made it impossible for her to become pregnant and she only had a life expectancy of seven more years. They also did an number on her mental state.
"What the fuck did you guys do to her!" Seth yelled at Neo. The doctor and nurse were wondering what Seth was talking about, but he showed them the blood test and were shocked.
"This girl shouldn't be alive." The doctor said. Neo began to explain what the Earth Alliance did to their Extended pilots and it made the members of the [Archangel] stomachs' churn. It was sickening. Neo also said that Stella would say in a week tops without a special machine and that her memories were wiped at the end of each day.
Just then Captain Ramius arrived in the room with Kira and Cagalli. She saw Neo without his mask and couldn't believe her eyes.
"Mu?"
"Who?" Neo responded. The captain's eyes began to water and she rushed out of the room. Seth asked Kira why the captain was crying and he told him that Neo was once a member of them known as Mu La Flaga, but now it appears that he has no memories.
Seth now wondered how to fix this problem with Stella. He wanted to help the girl out because she was so innocent. Blaze then suggested an idea that Seth didn't liked. She suggested using the virus inside of him to help repair her body. He was agains it, but he told Blaze to do it if he is unable to find another answer.
Over the next Few days.
Shinn was mourning the loss of Stella and vowed to destroy the [Freedom]. He with the help of Ichika and Rey began to think of a way to destroy the [Freedom]. After watching countless hours of combat footage, they learned that the [Freedom] didn't aim for he cockpit. Shinn started to learn Kira's battle pattern.
Captain Gladys received orders from headquarters that the [Minerva] was to help in operation Angel Down. Their target would be the destruction of the [Archangel].
On board the [Archangel] Stella's health was deteriorating extremely fast. Seth was left with no choice, but to inject Stella with his virus. Seth got Stella's consent by promising that if he injected her, then she won't ever be in danger. Which was true. Stella said it was okay for him to inject her. She felt extreme pain at first, but soon she passed out. Seth began to monitors Stella's vitals and was surprised that the virus was not taking over her, but assimilating with her. Her health began to improve almost immediately.
Within the next few days Stella was almost completely normal. Her mental health was still like a small child. She grew clingy to Seth and he was glad that Stella was starting to act a little bit normal. If anyone said the word death she would still have a meltdown, but beside that she was starting to become a normal girl.
Chairman Durandal gave a speech exposing ZAFT's true objective in this war, the destruction of Logos. His speech revealed the horrors that Logos had carried out on the people of earth, their own people. He also released a list showing all the members of Logos that were major Earth alliance government members. Durrendale's speech ignited a fire in the people's heart and many took arms and attacked the members logos. Kira knew that the way things were going, Durandal would launch an assault on Orb to kill the member of logos there, but Orb would defend itself and most likely result in many death. They quickly moved from their hiding spot and moved toward Orb. By doing so they revealed their location to a recon ZAFT mobile suit.
A Hour later.
As the [Archangel] was making its way to the ocean, they were attack by a nearby ZAFT unit. The ZAFT forces wasted no time in launching their mobile suits. Kira and Seth launched in their machines. The [Archangel] was working overtime in order to interpret the incoming missiles.
[Stargazer] and [Freedom] were disabling the enemy mobiles, before they could even get close. Unlike before [Stargazer] now had two beam pistols that doubled its rate of fire. Seth was just a few mobile suits behind Kira in number that he disabled in this fight. The [Freedom] was about to fire a barrage at a nearby mobile suits when the [Impulse] slammed into the machine. Seth knew that if the [Impulse] was here then the [Minerva] wasn't far behind. He looked just ahead of the [Archangel] and saw the [Minerva] behind a mountain.
"Kira, I'll protect the [Archangel], you deal with the [Impulse]." Seth said as he flew towards the [Archangel].
The [Archangel] now saw the [Minerva] and the two ships were gonna crash into each other. The pilot of the [Archangel] turned the ship to its side and flew the massive ship at a 90 degree angle. The two ships passed one another and the [Archangel] continued to the beach. The [Minerva] turned around and chased the [Archangel]. Captain Gladys ordered Meyrin to open a message on the emergency frequency channel. The [Archangel] accepted the call and now the two captains talked.
"Hello crew of the [Archangel] if you can hear me, then reply." Captain Gladys said.
"We read you." Captain Ramius stated.
"Crew of the [Archangel] I am offering you a chance to surrender. If you do, I assure that you and the crew will be unharmed. I'm sure you'll make the right decision." Captain Gladys said. After a few seconds Captain Ramius made her decision.
"As grateful we are for the generous offer, we can not accept it. We have an agenda to meet." Captain Ramius said and the fighting continued.
Seth now decided to stop the [Minerva] from attacking. As he got closer to the [Minerva], [Stargazer]'s ring now moved to the feet and allowed him to stand on it. The lines on [Stargazer] began to glow yellow and the machine began to glow red. Ichika, who was watching from a monitor in the [Minerva], instantly knew who the pilot if [Stargazer] was. Frankly he wasn't surprised.
Seth started his assault. The [Minerva] defensive systems tried to shoot down Seth, but he was just too fast. Seth with his beam sabers disabled the anti-mobile suit systems and with his beam pistols, he destroyed the [Minerva]'s thrusters. With the ship now grounded Seth went to go help Kira.
Kira's battle with the [Impulse] was not going well. Kira wasn't aiming for anything vital and because of that Shinn knew when and what to protect. Shinn forced Kira to take a defensive pose, as Meyrin launched the sword silhouette. He did equip the [Impulse]'s package. He grabbed the boomerang and caused Kira to open his defense. Shinn now grabbed the large anti-ship blade and now was hell bent on impaling Kira with it. Seth saw what Shinn was going to do. He rushed to try and push the sword out of the way, but he wouldn't make it in time. The large blade impaled the [Freedom] hitting its nuclear core. Seth knew that the [Freedom] would go critical in a matter of seconds. He delivered the legendary red comet kick to the [Impulse], knocking it back behind a couple of large stones. Seth used his beam sabers to cut the section where Kira was from the rest of the mobile suit. He then got as far as he could from the remains of the [Freedom] and it went critical. It exploded in a massive blast that was about 5km big.
Seth quickly brought Kira to the [Archangel] and they made their escape.
The next few days.
As Seth and the [Archangel] made their way to Orb, Athrun was starting to doubt ZAFT. After ZAFT made the [Archangel] and his friends enemies he didn't trust them of chairman Durrandle. The chairman happened to be heading towards the port where the [Minerva] was getting its extensive repairs. With him he brought three new mobile suits. He called up Shinn, Athrun, and Ichika for a private meeting. The three of them were led to a mobile suit hanger where the chairman and the fake Lacus were.
"Hello gentlemen. I'm here to present you three with your new machines. The ZGMF-X666S [Legend] Gundam, the ZGMF-X42S [Destiny] Gundam, and the ZGMF-X43S [Revolution] Gundam. These are the pride of the ZAFT mobile forces. I trust that they will suit your needs." The chairman said. Both Ichika and Shinn noticed that the [Destiny] and the [Revolution] were the same. They looked the same without the phase shift armor on.
"I can tell by the looks on your faces that you're wondering why the [Destiny] and [Revolution] look the same. To make it simple, they are twin units, but the [Revolution] has its limiters removed. It's possible for the [Revolution] to move at incredible speeds and perform nearly impossible moves, but the pilot life is put in danger. However given the performance records we have, we've decided to give [Revolution] to Ichika Orimura. We believe that he will be able to use the [Revolution] to its full potential." The chairman said.
"Sir Chairman that's absurd. You can't give a machine that puts the pilot's live in danger to such a young person!" Athrun said. Before the chairman could say something Ichika spoke.
"This is fine for me. I am a bit sturdier than a normal person. I thank you for giving me this chance to prove myself." Ichika said as he bowed surprising Shinn and Athrun the Ichika they knew would never do this. The chairman began to smile.
"I'm glad you like it. I expect a lot from you young man."
Later that Night.
Rey showed the Chairman some discriminating evidence against Athrun showing that he would most likely defect again from ZAFT. the chairman ordered that Athrun be eliminated. As Athrun was talking to Meer, the fake Lacus, they are confronted by several base guards. Athrun knocks them out and tries to convince Meer to run with him, but she refuses to believe that the chairman will throw her away like he is to Athrun.
As he was on the run, he encountered Meyrin who helped him escape. She got him to a [GOUF] and before he could get in it, Rey found them and open fire with his assault rifle. Athrun fired back and was able to force Rey to run. Athrun now brought Meyrin with him and the two left in the [GOUF].
Rey immediately called Shinn and Ichika. He told them to get the new mobile suits ready to launch. Now the trio launched in their new machines.
Athrun had made a good distance between the base and him, but the three new Gundams already caught up with him. Ichika decided he was going to be the one who got the kill. He used the [Revolution]'s thrusters at full power. Big mistake. The G-force Ichika experienced was enough to break both of his collar bones and snap the seat belt. Ichika wasn't wearing a pilot suit so his head hit the control panel at full force. Ichika blacked out from the pain and his machine fell into the water.
"Shit, Ichika!" Shinn and Rey now changed their mission from destroying Athrun to rescuing Ichika. The [Destiny] and [Legend] descended down to the depths of the ocean and saw the orange Gundam lying motionless. The [Destiny] and [Legend] each grabbed a hand and lifted the machine out of the water. Now they had to get back to the base as fast as possible. They used all the power their thrusters could give and returned to the base where a medical team was waiting for Ichika.