With Seth.
On board the [Archangel] Seth was currently rewriting [Stargazer]'s software trying to increase the reaction time, but there was only so much he could do. [Stargazer] was unable to react fast enough for Seth in the last battle while in Trans-Am. There was only so much [Stargazer] could do, as his body was not meant to be a fighting mobile suit.
About four days later, Athrun arrived in a [GOUF] with Meyrin on the [Archangel]. There he explained Chairman Durandal's plans to eliminate the [Archangel] and anyone who resisted him. Cagalli was overjoyed that Athrun was back and unharmed. Seth started to trust him, but now was wondering what chairman Durandal was planning.
On the [Minerva].
Ichika was recovering after receiving two broken collarbones, and a fractured skull. He was already healed, but he felt like an idiot. He should have known not to use [Revolution] at full power. Soon several people entered the room where Ichika was recovering. Shinn along with Rey, Lunamaria, and Chairman Durandal.
"Ichika, are you feeling alright?" Shinn asked.
"I'm fine, just feeling like an idiot. Dammit, because of me Athrun was able to escape."
"Ichika, its fine. We'll get him sooner or later, that traitor." Shinn said.
"Ichika, I apologize." The chairman said which surprised the young pilots.
"Why are you apologizing chairman Durandal?" Ichika said.
"I've placed your life in danger by giving you the [Revolution]."
"No it's my fault. You gave me a machine that I doubted its power. I'm sorry for failing to meet your expectations, please give me another chance to prove myself." Ichika said as he bowed.
"I will give you another chance. I know you'll do great Ichika." Durandal said as he left. Ichika was now more determined than ever to prove himself.
A Few Days Later.
As Ichika healed, the [Minerva], with chairman Durandal aboard, headed towards the Logos strong hold, Heaven's base.
The ZAFT forces, along with several Earth Alliance forces under the name 'the anti-logos coalition', were just outside the base. They gave logos a set time period to surrender before they would start their invasion.
Logos had about 2 and a half hours before ZAFT would begin their invasion, but Lord Djibril, the man behind everything, ordered Heaven's base begins its attack. Suddenly thousands of missiles erupted from the base, and they launched their mobile suits and mobile armor.
"The deadline hasn't even passed yet." Durandal was surprised that they didn't surrender, despise them clearly being out numbered.
"Begin the operation." Durandal said. True to the chairman's word, the ZAFT, and anti-Logos forces launched.
Seeing that ZAFT was not backing off, Lord Djibril unleashed five [Destroy] Gundams on the enemy forces. The five units destroyed a massive number of mobile suits. They even destroyed their own units if they got in the way. The massive beams they fired destroyed a large fraction of the ships. ZAFT now launched it forces from orbit. Several drop pods fell from the sky and would land on heaven's base, but Logos unleashed a powerful Nibelung weapon system. It unleashed a powerful burst of energy into the sky, destroying the incoming ZAFT forces from space.
"Captain, requesting permission to launch." Ichika said in [Revolution], waiting to launch.
"Please do." Chairman Durandal said.
"Ichika Orimura, [Revolution], taking off!" Ichika said as he launched from the [Minerva]. The orange Gundam took to the skies.
"Shinn Asuka, [Destiny], heading out!" Shinn followed behind Ichika in the [Destiny].
"Rey Za Burrel, [Legend], taking off!"
"Lunamaria Hawke, [Impulse], heading out!"
Now the four machines headed towards the enemy units. The three more advance units decided to take out the [Destroy] units while Lunamaria would lead the mobile suit teams. Ichika now charged ahead of the group and engaged one of the [Destroy] units. It tried to fire at Ichika, but he was too fast. Ichika brought out [Revolution]'s sword and impaled the machine dead center, killing the pilot. The gigantic mecha fell to the ground and exploded.
Ichika now moved to the next [Destroy] and made quick work of it. Rey and Shinn engaged a [Destroy] unit themselves. Shinn's and Rey both destroyed the units they were attacking. They were about to attack the final [Destroy] Gundam that was left, but Ichika had already killed it. He destroyed three of the [Destroy] units in the same time that it took them to destroy one. Chairman Durandal was pleased with Ichika work. The said boy now began to destroy any enemy mobile suit that got between him and Durandal.
Heaven's Base eventually fell and surrender to ZAFT. The members of logos that they found were taken into custody. The man they were after, Lord Djibril, escaped in the middle of the battle and now ZAFT began to search for them. For their heroic actions and prowess in battle, Ichika, Shinn, and Rey were promoted. They became members of FAITH. ""Congratulations!"" The crew of the [Minerva] said as they popped streamers. Ichika allowed himself to enjoy their friendship. All his life he was trained to kill without remorse and complete his objective no matter the cost. He never knew what human kindness was until now.
A Few days Earlier on the [Archangel].
The [Archangel] was in a secret port where it was receiving repairs. The damage caused by [Minerva] was nothing major, but Seth suggested that they upgrade the weapons. He showed several improvement blueprints that could be done within a few days. Captain Ramius approved and they began the upgrades.
After the news of Heaven's base falling to ZAFT, they learned that Lacus and the [Eternal] were discovered by a recon ZAFT force. They were under attack and things didn't look good for them. They learned that if they were unable to escape or fend off the attacking forces, the [Eternal] would drop a pod carrying an important package. Kira couldn't standby and do nothing. Even though he lost the [Freedom] he had to do something.
"Cagalli, let me borrow [Strike Rouge] and the booster pack." Kira said.
"Wait, I'll with you." Seth said. Kira said it was fine and that he could hold on to the booster pack.
"Kira I'll go as well." Athrun said as he still had his stolen [GOUF] he could use.
"No Athrun, we need someone to stay here and protect the [Archangel] if anything happens." Kira knew that his friend wanted to protect Lacus like he did, but the booster pack couldn't support two additional mobile suits on it and he wasn't sure a [GOUF] could handle exiting earth's atmosphere. Athrun agreed to stay and they prepped [Strike Rouge] with the booster pack for launch. As they were preparing for launch Stella talk to Seth.
"Seth, where are you going?"
"I'm going to go save some of our friends."
"Are you going to come back?" Stella asked in a really worried tone. She didn't want to be alone again. Seth put a hand on the worried girl's head.
"Don't worry, I'll come back and if you get bored, you can play with Neo." Stella smiled.
"Okay!" Stella cheerfully yelled. She now went to Neo. Seth was glad that she wouldn't have to fight anymore. She was so pure and innocent. The preparation were finished for [Strike Rouge] and now Seth entered [Stargazer].
The booster pack was nothing more than added a massive rocket to the bottom of the mobile suit. Seth in [Stargazer] got behind [Strike Rouge] and placed an arm on the Gundam's shoulder. The two of them launched, racing towards the [Eternal].
Meanwhile in space.
The [Eternal] had left the factory in order to lure away the ZAFT forces. The [Eternal] was not fully armed and could not fend off the attack. Andrew sortie in the [Gaia] Gundam. Somehow the Clyne faction obtained Stella's [Gaia] and now Andrew was using it. He wasn't as skilled as Kira, but he could hold his own.
An enemy [GOUF] used its heated whips and wrapped it around the [Gaia]'s gun. Andrew let go of the gun before it exploded. The enemy was starting to surround him, but just then a barrage of beams hit the enemy mobile suits. Andrew looked towards the direction of the beams and saw two mobile suits heading his way.
"So they showed up." Andrew said.
"Kira!" Lacus in the [Eternal] cheered as she saw [Strike Rouge] and [Stargazer] coming to their aid.
"Sorry Lacus, I was too worried." Kira said explaining why he rushed into space.
"Kira, to your right!" Seth yelled as a [GOUF] aimed its beam rifle at them. They split and Seth fired several shots from the [Stargazer]'s beam pistols. Seth tossed one of [Stargazer]'s pistols to Andrew and the three of them started to push the enemy back.
"You two, go to the [Eternal] and get your new machines." Andrew said as he knew they would need more fire power. These words shocked both Seth and Kira.
"New machines?" Seth was wondering what he was talking about.
"Huh? Kid you sent us your blueprints remember. I had no clue you were a brainiacs." Andrew said. Seth looked at his wrist and figured out how his plans were leaked.
""Surprise!"" Blaze and Flame cheered. Seth and Kira quickly entered the [Eternal] and Kira was greeted by Lacus.
"Kira!"
"Lacus!"
Seth was that they were going to have a romantic moment and went ahead. He entered a large section of the ship where three mobile suits were. He saw one that was look similar to the ZGMF-X09 [Justice]. The next one looked like an upgraded version of the [Freedom]. The last one looked just like [Stargazer] expect that the ring for the Voiture Lumiere system now had these things sticking out of it and was grey in color. The black lines running down [Stargazer] were gone but now a small gap appeared between the armor plating. The hands had these large holes in them as well. Seth entered the new machine and saw its name.
"ZGMF-X21A [Stargazer] 2.0." Seth transferred [Stargazer]'s AI to its new body. The crew of the [Eternal] now moved [Stargazer] to the launch pad.
"X21A [Stargazer] please launch." A voice said.
"Seth Fairs, [Stargazer], Taking off!" [Stargazer] launched into space. The ZAFT forces saw [Stargazer], but now was slightly different. Seth wasted no time in awakening [Stargazer]. The small gaps around the body suddenly expanded and the newly exposed armor began to glow yellow. Seth had combined the data he's collected with [B.L.A.Z.E.] and [F.L.A.M.E.]'s data. The Gundam had fold out armor. (The transformation looks like Gundam Unicorn NT-D transformation.) Now the six strange objects on [Stargazer]'s ring detached themselves and revealed that they were a bit system.
Seth had combined his I.S. bit system with the Dragoon system and created an even more efficient bit system. He improved the beam sabers and [Stargazer]'s overall mobility. Seth saw that there were holders for his newly created pistols and the chest of [Stargazer] had a beam cannon on it. The black hair boy with white highlights saw that [Stargazer] was equipped with an N-jammer, but if he activated the Voiture Lumiere system, it would drain the energy faster than the nuclear core could produce. That would be the case if [Stargazer] was operating unmanned, but Seth could just fuel him using the S2 organ or the Marker. Only unmanned would [Stargazer] become a gas guzzler.
"Is that a new mobile suit?" A man in a [Zaku] said as he stared at the machine.
"It doesn't matter, shoot it!" Another man in a [GOUF] said. The ZAFT mobile suits began to fire their weapons at Seth. The pilot of [Stargazer] moved and avoided the attacks. He brought out [Stargazer]'s pistols and disabled the nearby enemy units. The bits of [Stargazer] fired beams at the distant enemy units, but left the pilots unharmed.
"Surround him!" The leader of the ZAFT forces order. The ZAFT mobile suits did as their commanding officer order. Seth activated the Voiture Lumiere system and green beam cutters appeared around [Stargazer].
"Ready to kick some ass Stargazer?"
'Affirmative.' Stargazer replied.
The rings around [Stargazer] began to spin rapidly and shot towards the enemy mobile suits. Seth now ordered the bits to encircle the ships. The ZAFT ships shot all their missiles at [Stargazer] in a last ditch effort to destroy the machine, but said machine created two blue spheres in its hands. Seth unleashed the energy beams destroying the missiles and the bits now shot at the ships. They were aimed at the weapons and thrusters. The ships now were unable to fight back and Seth returned to the [Eternal]. Seth was pleased with [Stargazer]'s new body. He liked it a lot.
A Few Days Later.
ZAFT forces discovered the location of Lord Djibril and now sent forces to Orb. Yuna, who was acting as Orb's official of foreign affairs, said that Lord Djibril was not in the country. Which was a complete lie. Chairman Durandal ordered that the ZAFT forces invade Orb.
Aboard the [Archangel], terminal informed the ship that Orb was about to be attacked. Cagalli was extremely worried and hoped that Orb would be able to fight back, but they didn't even inform the public or start civilian evacuations. Cagalli couldn't stand back and watch her country burn. She was going to join the fight to protect her country even if she had to go in a sky grasper. However her late father had a gift for her if she ever needed more power. It was a powerful mobile suit that appeared to be made of gold. The ORB-01 [Akatsuki] Gundam.
Now with the power to protect her country, Cagalli, along with Athrun in the stolen [GOUF] and the [Murasame] units, headed towards Orb ahead of the [Archangel]. The [Archangel] would join Cagalli when the upgrades were done.
Captain Ramius decided to let Neo go and Stella go. Neo showed no signs of remembering his past as Mu La Flaga. She gave him a sky grasper jet to leave in. Stella said that she wanted to stay and was sad to see that Neo was leaving, but she need that her life would be better on the [Archangel] than with Logos. Now the [Archangel] launched and head towards Orb.
Meanwhile at Orb.
Cagalli and her reinforcements now entered the battlefield and the orb forces were a wreck. Cagalli had Yuna arrested by people that were still loyal to her and took control of the Orb forces. She reorganized the troops and now they began to effectively fight back against the ZAFT forces.
Just as things were finally looking good for Orb, the [Minerva] arrived and Shinn launched in the [Destiny]. Shinn began to destroy anything that was getting between him and Djibril. He saw the golden mobile suit and attacked it. Shinn fired several beams from [Destiny]'s beam rifle, but the shots reflected off of [Akatsuki] and almost hit Shinn. The young ace moved just in time to avoid the beams and brought out [Destiny]'s sword. Cagalli brought out [Akatsuki] beams sabers and the two mobile suits clashed their beams, but it was clear who the better pilot was.
"You might be the leader, but you sure don't have the skills for it!" Shinn cut one of [Akatsuki] arms off and kicked the mobile suit away to create some distance. He threw the [Destiny]'s beam boomerangs at the [Akatsuki]. Cagalli saw no way out for her. Athrun rushed to Cagalli's side when he learned that the [Destiny] was in the area. He wasn't going to make it in time thanks to the [GOUF]'s slow speed.
"Ma'am three objects coming in from space!" A man aboard the [Minerva] yelled to captain Gladys.
"What? Are they mobile suits?" Captain Gladys asked.
"It's moving too fast!"
The beam boomerangs Shinn threw were hit by two beams. One was Green and the other was blue. Shinn and Cagalli looked towards the source of the beams and saw three mobile suits reentering Earth's atmosphere. Shinn couldn't believe his eyes. The [Freedom] was back. At the same time the [Archangel] joined the battlefield.
"Kira, Seth!" Cagalli cheered.
"Cagalli, take Lacus and Athrun back to the [Archangel]." Kira said. Even with Seth's new [Stargazer] and his [Strike Freedom], they needed Athrun in the [Infinite Justice], He knew they would need all the firepower they had. Cagalli, Lacus, and Athrun returned to the [Archangel]. Athrun got inside of the [Infinite Justice] and headed out. Rey saw that Shinn was at a disadvantage. He told Shinn to come back, restock energy and weapons, and then head out. Shinn did as Rey suggested. Soon they restocked and the three aces of the [Minerva] launched.
"All battle stations move to condition red! We will engage the [Archangel]!" Captain Gladys said. The [Minerva] moved towards the [Archangel] as the crew readied the weapons.
"All hands to battle stations! Prepare for ship to ship combat!" Captain Ramius said. Now the [Minerva] and [Archangel] open fired at one another. As the ships fought, Neo returned to the [Archangel] and assisted the ship fight the [Minerva], but he took a hit and hand to make an emergency landing on the [Archangel].
Ichika scanned the battlefield and found his target. Seth saw an orange mobile suit accelerate towards him. It was extremely fast and Seth moved [Stargazer] just in the nick of time. [Revolution] made an extremely sharp turn and brought out Arondight. Seth brought out [Stargazer]'s beam sabers and crossed the blades. The beam sabers stopped the beam blade, but Ichika now used [Revolution]'s thrusters.
[Stargazer] was push back into the water and [Revolution] continued to push down. [Stargazer] was able to kick [Revolution] and got a little room between the two mechs. [Stargazer] erupted from the water and was attacked by a beam barrage from the [Legend]. Rey fired at Seth, but [Stargazer] absorbed the beams. Now several beams were fired at the [Legend]. Rey turned to the source just in time to receive a kick from the [Strike Freedom].
"Bastard!" Rey cursed as he experienced the force of the kick. He saw the [Strike Freedom] and now engaged it.
"Seth leave this guy to me." Kira said as he now flew toward the [Legend]. Shinn in [Destiny] was going to aid Rey, but he saw the [Infinite Justice] and knew only one person could be inside of it. Athrun saw the [Destiny] closing he. He narrowly avoid the [Destiny]'s beam blade.
"Shinn wait!"
"Where's Meyrin, you traitor!" Shinn roared as he activated the [Destiny]'s wings of light and entered seed mode.
"Dammit, Shinn!" Athrun entered seed mode and brought out [Infinite Justice]'s dual sided beam sabers.
A warning appeared on [Stargazer]'s monitor. Seth looked down and saw [Revolution] burst out of the water. Its right hand was held out and glowing. Seth kicked the hand at the last second and the Palma Fiorina arm cannon missed its target. Seth saw that this pilot was not like the others. He awakened [Stargazer]. Ichika saw the armor of [Stargazer] begin to open up and knew this meant trouble. Seth now with [Stargazer] in its awaken state, started his attack.
Seth brought out [Stargazer]'s pistols and fired a barrage at Ichika. The clone raised up [Revolution]'s energy shields and now brought out [Revolution]'s beam rifle. The two mobile suits closed the distance on each other as continued to fire. When they were within striking distance, the two of them brought out their close quarters weapons. Seth launched the bits on [Stargazer]'s ring and they encircled [Revolution]. What happened next shocked the pilot of [Stargazer]. As the beams from the bits fired, Ichika began to perform intense turns to avoid the beams. The orange mech threw its beam blade at Seth.
As Seth now looked again on [Revolution], the orange Gundam slammed [Stargazer] and once more the two mechs entered the water. As Ichika was dragging the machines deeper in the water, he was about to start bashing [Stargazer], said machine's eyes glowed green for a second and the whole mobile started to glow red. Behind [Stargazer] the massive sail of the Voiture Lumiere system now became visible as it began to glow red. Now the two mobile suits erupted from the water and the green beam cutters formed around [Stargazer].
"[Stargazer], you ready to finish this?"
'All weapon systems are ready to fire.' [Stargazer] stated. Now the bits surrounded the white mech and pointed towards several targets. Ichika saw [Stargazer] form two blue spheres in its hands. He raised his shield up. [Stargazer] opened up the hidden missiles silos in armor. One of the monitors on [Stargazer] started to lock on to the nearby enemy mobile suits.
"Let's do this!" Seth yelled. The white mech now unleashed a massive barrage of beams and missiles that attacked and disable any mobile that was in his way. Seth had hit not only the [Revolution], but the [Destiny] and the [Legend]. The three aces of the [Minerva] couldn't believe that one mobile suit was able to defeat them. Just as the chaos of the battlefield was growing, a space shuttle launched from the far side of the island. There was no doubt that Lord Djibril was on that shuttle. Lunamaria launched from the [Minerva] in the [Impulse] and chased after the shuttle. She was unable to shoot the shuttle and the mad man escaped. With no reason to continue the fighting the [Minerva] sent out retreating flares. Several ZAFT mobile suits recovered the three advance mobile suits as they now needed emergency repairs.
[Stargazer], [Strike Freedom], and [Infinite Justice] returned to the [Archangel]. The ship left the battlefield for repairs. During Chairman Durandal's speech, explaining the reason for ZAFT's invasion, he brought out Meer the fake Lacus, but the real one decided to put an end to this. The real Lacus hacked the broadcast and revealed that Meer was not who she said she was. Now chairman Durandal was in a real tight spot and many people started to wonder who was telling the truth.
A couple of days later.
Aboard the [Archangel], Stella was growing rapidly mentally. Seth guessed that her current mental state was on par with a nine year old. She now wanted to help out around the ship, but there were not many jobs for her to do. Meyrin became good friends with the former pilot of the [Gaia] and really liked the people on board the [Archangel]. They were all nice. Stella started to get a strange feeling when she saw Seth. It wasn't painful, rather it was warm and fuzzy. She liked it.
Seth started to notice that Stella was sneaking behind him a lot recently. He guessed that she was just playing around and let her follow him. Neo started to remember his former identity as Mu La Flaga, but things were still fuzzy for him.
Things were different on board the [Minerva]. Shinn, Rey, and Ichika were angry that they were defeated in the last battle, even though they were using the best machines that ZAFT had to offer. Ichika started to modified [Revolution] to match [Stargazer] in terms of power. Last time [Revolution] was about to run out of power when he was disabled by [Stargazer], so he needed to find to have continuous power. He would fuel [Revolution] via [F.L.A.R.E.]'s S2 organ.
The world finally learned just how insane Lord Djibril was. At the Daedalus lunar base, where the Orbital All-Aspect Tactical Cannon, [Requiem] was located, Lord Djibril fired the massive beam cannon at the colony Plants. It destroyed six of the plant colonies killing millions. The world couldn't believe that Djibril fired on the plants. Chairman Durandal ordered the [Minerva] and additional ZAFT forces to head towards the Daedalus lunar base. They were tasked with the destruction of the weapon [Requiem] and the assassination of Lord Djibril. Failure was not an option.
The [Minerva] was now just a few minutes away from the start of the operation. Captain Gladys decided to split her pilots into two groups. The first group would distract the enemy mobile suits while the second group would go and destroy [Requiem]. Shinn and Lunamaria volunteer to be part of the first group. That left the destruction of [Requiem] to Ichika and Rey. The two boys left the [Minerva] to sneak behind the enemy and had a little time to chat. Rey learned that like him, Ichika was a clone. They were far more alike than they thought.
"You know, I've always have a feeling about you." Rey stated.
"Likewise, I think we've had enough time to talk. It's time to start." At that moment the [Minerva] and ZAFT forces open fire on the lunar base. Shinn and Lunamaria now engaged the enemy mobile suits. Shinn was holding nothing back. He wanted to get revenge for the plants like everyone else aboard the [Minerva].
As Shinn and Lunamaria were unleashing hell upon the Logos mobile suits, group two went to work. Rey and Ichika now started their mission. Rey and Ichika didn't hold back. They unleashed a massive barrage of beams and continued to destroy anything that got in their path. Lord Djibril saw that he was going to lose the base, but as long he was able to survive then he could attack again. As he boarded his escape shuttle, the [Revolution] appeared in front of the ship. It raised its plasma cannon and aimed where the crew of the ship would be located. The beam instantly killed Lord Djibril and destroyed the ship. With the death of the leader of logos, the base surrendered to ZAFT.
With the capture of the base, chairman Durandal now revealed the 'Destiny Plan'. The program was created to determine a person's life at a genetic level. Most of the world liked the plan except for two. Orb and Scandinavia rejected the idea.
The crew of the [Archangel] now returned to space. Lacus had to learn just what the destiny plan was and the only way was through the remaining plants. The [Archangel] docked at one of the plants and began to restock and begin their mission. Athrun was able to get a hold of Meer and schedule a meeting with her. Meer has been waiting for a few minutes at the place Athrun instructed. Finally she saw him.
"Athrun!" Meer cheered as she approached the former member of FAITH. As she got closer to Athrun, Kira, Cagalli, Lacus, and Seth revealed themselves. Meer now looked confused.
"Meer, you're in grave danger. You need to come with us." Athrun said trying to reason with the girl. She believed that she was the real Lacus and was clearly delusional.
"Athrun, what are you talking about?"
"Meer, you need to come with us and tell the world the truth. Otherwise things aren't going to be good for us or the plants."
"What are you talking about? I'm the real Lacus."
"Meer, chairman Durandal is using you. Once your usefulness is over, he'll toss you away."
"No, you're wrong. The chairman would never do that." As Athrun tried to reason with the girl, Seth noticed a red dot on Lacus's head.
"GET DOWN!" Seth yelled as he jumped on Lacus forcing her down just as a bullet was fired. Athrun and Kira brought out their pistols and started to fire back. Seth partially deployed [B.L.A.Z.E.] and unloaded a barrage from [B.L.A.Z.E.]'s miniguns. Seth destroyed the attackers' cover and he could hear several moans of pain.
"We have to move." Seth said.
"Do you believe me now?" Athrun said to Meer.
"I do. Please, let me come with you." Meer said. They called for Mu to come and pick them up in [Akatsuki].
A Few Days Later.
With both the real and fake Lacus, they revealed the truth about Chairman Durandal and the 'Destiny Plan'. It was nothing more than a plan to create basically a superior race of people, and eliminate anyone inferior. With this news, several more nations now rejected the 'Destiny Plan'. Chairman Durandal decided to show what happens when someone resist ZAFT. ZAFT repaired [Requiem] and fired it at the Alliance lunar base of Arzachel, killing the president of the Atlantic Federation. Terminal knew that its forces could no longer stand by and watch the world burn as the chairman shaped the world the way he wanted. They deployed all of their forces in a last ditch effort to stop the chairman.
Currently the [Eternal] was just a few minutes away from the start of the mission. Seth was in [Stargazer] waiting to launch. When the mission started [Stargazer], [Strike Freedom], and [Infinite Justice] would equip a [M.E.T.E.O.R.] (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) that would boost their effectiveness in combat. Now the operation to stop the chairman was started.
"All mobile suit teams please launch." Meyrin said from the bridge of the [Eternal].
"Kira Yamato, [Freedom], Taking off!" Kira said as [Strike Freedom] launched.
"Athrun Zala, [Justice], Heading out!" Now the [Infinite Justice] took off into space.
"Seth Fairs, [Stargazer], Taking off!" Seth said as he launched. The [Eternal] released the three [M.E.T.E.O.R.] units on it. The mobile armor opened up and docked with their mobile suit.
'Docking complete. All systems green.' Stargazer said.
"Marker energy supplies is within stable limits. Master you're good to go." Flame said as she was monitoring the flow of energy to [Stargazer] now that the [M.E.T.E.O.R.] was attached to it. Seth saw that [Stargazer] was ready for battle, but from the corner of his eye, he saw [Stargazer]'s old body launched from the [Archangel]. He immediately called Captain Ramius.
"Captain Ramius, who is in [Stargazer]?"
"Seth we tried to stop Stella, but she wouldn't take no for an answer." Seth now opened a call with [Stargazer]'s old body and sure enough Stella answered.
"Hiya Seth!" Stella said cheerfully.
"Stella what are you doing?"
"I'm going to help out."
"Stella go to back to the [Archangel]. It's too dangerous for you."
"No. I'm gonna help whether you like it or not." Stella started to pout.
"Stella."
"Let the girl be. Don't worry I'll protect her." Mu said as he joined the chat. He had just launched in the [Akatsuki].
"See Neo said he would protect me. I'll be fine, plus I don't like stay on that ship with nothing to do." Seth finally gave in to her request, but he made her promise him that if things got too crazy, then she would head back. Seth now focused his attention on the ZAFT forces in front of him. He locked on to the enemy [Zaku] and [GOUF] units.
"Ready Stargazer?"
'Affirmative.' The white mech's AI said. Seth unleashed a torrent of missile and beams from the [M.E.T.E.O.R.]. It destroyed anything that got in his way. Athrun and Kira weren't standing back doing nothing. They two were unleashing a massive barrage of beam and missiles, but they couldn't fire as rapidly as Seth. The pilot of [Stargazer] was firing so much that if he didn't slow down, he risked melting the [M.E.T.E.O.R.]'s cannons. He started to slow down his rate of fire, but he kept his missile bombardment fast. Both the crew of the [Archangel] and the [Eternal] had no idea that [B.L.A.Z.E.] was restocking the missiles once he fired them. That how he was seemingly never running out of missiles. The trio in the [M.E.T.E.O.R.] units cleared a path to the first installation of the [Requiem] satellite system that could bend the beam to angle it. Seth said that he would destroy it. Kira and Athrun covered Seth as a large black sphere began to form in [Stargazer] hands. The black sphere entered the satellite and sucked it up. With the destruction of the satellite, the Terminal forces now headed towards the lunar base to destroy [Requiem].
As the forces approached closer to the lunar base, ZAFT revealed a secret weapon they had. It was a movable fortress called Messiah and it too had a massive, yet much smaller energy cannon called NEO-genesis.
"Is that a fortress?" Kira asked as Messiah came into view.
"Kira, stay alert. A group of ZAFT ships are heading our way." Athrun said.
"High energy reading detected!" Seth saw that not all of the ships would be able to move in time. He knew there was one thing he could do. Seth created a black sphere in [Stargazer]'s hands and threw the sphere forward. Messiah fired its massive beam and destroyed several of ZAFT own ships and now the beam encounter the black sphere. The beam was being absorbed into the sphere and it started to grow. Eventually the sphere consumed the entire beam and protected the ships. Words could not describe the shock on Durandal's face when he saw the beam be absorbed. However this wasn't the only thing that was going to surprise him. The cannons on [Stargazer]'s [M.E.T.E.O.R.] began to make two large red spheres.
"Let's see how you handle this! Red Gaia Eraser!" Seth said as the [M.E.T.E.O.R.] unleashed the powerful red beams. The Messiah fortress activated its shields, but the beam was far too powerful. It shattered through the shields and hit the NEO-genesis cannon. The beams exited the fortress on the other side and the cannon was destroyed, but the fortress still stood strong. Seth was successful in destroying the cannon, but the [M.E.T.E.O.R.]'s cannons melted and could no longer be used. He undocked [Stargazer] from the [M.E.T.E.O.R.]. Kira and Athrun did the same as the [M.E.T.E.O.R.] wouldn't be good in close quarters mobile suit combat. Stella and Mu joined the trio. The five of them made their way to the [Requiem] cannon, but they encounter [Minerva] and several dozen enemy mobile suits. Four of which were the [Destiny], the [Legend], the [Revolution], and the [Impulse]. Shinn, Rey, Ichika, and Lunamaria were tasked with defending the [Requiem] cannon, destroy the [Archangel] and [Eternal].
The [Revolution] brought out its beam blade and charged at [Stargazer]. Seth brought out [Stargazer]'s hidden beam sabers and blocked [Revolution]'s strike. At that same moment the [Impulse] and the [Legend] brought out their beam sabers. They were within striking distance and would land a dealt blow on Seth if he didn't something. Seth kicked away Ichika and narrowly avoided the beam sabers. Now he began to accelerate away from the three mobile suits, but they followed after him.
"Seth!" Kira said as he saw the three suits targeting Seth.
"Kira, Athrun, go help Seth, we can take care of this guy." Mu said. The [Destiny] was still nearby and Mu knew this pilot was good. He knew that with Stella they could hold their own, but defeating him would be something else.
"Thanks. We'll be right back." Kira said as Athrun and he rushed to Seth's aid. Stella and Mu now engaged Shinn in the [Destiny].
Seth saw that he had to get serious if he wanted to have a fighting chance against the [Revolution], the [Legend], and [Impulse]. [Stargazer]'s armor began to expand and the yellow fold out armor appeared. The Voiture Lumiere system activated and Seth brought out [Stargazer]'s beam sabers. The [Impulse] and the [Legend] found themselves under fire. The two of them looked towards the source of the beams. They saw the [Strike Freedom] and the [Infinite Justice] coming fast. Rey fired at the [Strike Freedom] and Lunamaria attacked the [Infinite Justice].
[Revolution] was putting a lot of pressure on [Stargazer], but whatever he tried [Stargazer] could withstand it and counter it. Seth could see on the corner of his eye the [Destiny] attacking [Stargazer]'s old body and the [Akatsuki]. Seth saw the [Akatsuki] lose an arm and now was placing a lot of pressure on Stella. Seth activated Trans-Am and rushed towards the [Destiny], but the [Revolution] was right behind him. Just as Shinn was about to deal a lethal blow, Seth kicked the coordinator away and narrowly avoided a slash from the [Revolution]. Seth saw that the mobile suit that Stella was using was no longer usable, he activated its ejection seat and Stella flew out of the mobile suit. He opened up [Stargazer]'s cockpit and placed the extended pilot with him. She was shaken, but not to the point of having a mental meltdown. Ichika now began to create a blue sphere in [Revolution]'s right hand and Seth created a red sphere in [Stargazer]'s left hand. Ichika activated [Revolution]'s wings of light. [Stargazer] while in Trans-Am, the Voiture Lumiere sail was in full view. The orange and red mobile suits charged at one another. As they got closers to one another they extended their arm forward. The two spheres clashed and caused a strange event. The red and blue sphere were fuel by the Marker and S2 organ respectively. The massive amount of negative energy and positive energy created a tear in space-time. The tear quickly sucked in both mobile suit.
The Void.
Seth and Stella in [Stargazer] found themselves in the void. The saw that [Revolution] was also here with them. Ichika quickly delivered a punch that sent [Stargazer] off of the path and placed them at the mercy of space and time.