While the fighting was going on outside. Titan was reaching out towards the colony. Taking hold of the Gold Frame's pilot. Coordinator Rondo Gina Sahaku never got the chance to escape yet. Not with Titan making things difficult for him.
Now was the time to really focus on it while the Will of the World was dealing with the battle outside. Trying to keep certain people alive do to their importance of the story.
'Well, how about a stroke!' Titan focused on the dandy Nobleman's heart. His Cosmos much easier to wield in space. 'Such great awareness right now.' With a flick of expended energy, Rondo's heart seized up. Then a small brain bleeds started.
Ejecting him out of the cockpit, the suit moved to a shuttle and went towards the Archangel in space. Cortana piloting the shuttle as a few D.G. cells changed the programming of the suit to only register two people, Titan and Natarle.
"All hands level one battle stations." Captain Ramius ordered. Things were looking grim.
"Captain!" The girl said turning back. Miriallia Haw was another of the students helping with things. "Message from the Brigg. Patching you through to your console."
"Just put it over comms." The Captain was to busy going over the battle plans.
"Copy that." Miriallia felt a pain sense of trouble coming their way. 'We will be just fine. I have to believe that.'
"Captain, Commander Nebula said he is not launching." Miriallia had one hand cuffed over the headset. Her eyes wild in fear.
"What did you say?!"
"He said he is not launching. As a prisoner, it would be stupid to go out and fight for the ship." Kuzzey said with a frown. "If the ship blows up, it blows up."
"Put him on now!" The captain waited a moment before she saw the screen switch to the cell. Titan was there just doing push ups. Sweat dripping down his body from the insertion. He was also cultivating at the same time. They couldn't see the energy though. "What do you mean you won't launch?!"
"Exactly that. I am a prisoner. So I will do what prisoners do. Stay in my cell. Try not to die ok?" He grinned looking up. "You can do it. Just fight fight fight." He gave a slight cheer.
"Captain we are getting overrun." Flaga said. The fighter he was in not doing so well from the heavy fire. "We need help!"
Out of the hanger, the Aegis shot out in Armor mode. Natarle was piloting it just for fun. Shooting through at high speeds, assisted by Savage helping out with dodging.
"Just stay alive a little bit longer." Natarle said over comms. The Aegis shooting through the enemy lines at high speeds. Turning abruptly, she made sure to catch a Ginn in the claws. 'This is defintely funner than I remember. But with out the others backing me up, to stressful. I miss my comrades."
Three Ginns moved to her to intercept. The fires from the beam rifles hitting against the Phase Shift Armor taking it no problem. Especially with the upgrades to the Aegis already.
One Ginn pushed it's thrusters to the max trying to ram into the Aegis with the heavy sword pointing forward. A sharp turn, and the Aegis swung around gripped it between it claws.
"I will take you with me!" The pilot activated the self destruct. The Ginn exploded seconds later. Out of the smoke, a purple energy field appeared. To them, it was tech at work. But it was a biotic barrier.
"Damn it! They upgraded the Aegis!" Rusty Mackenzie said. He was originally supposed to be dead already. But still lived. "We can not compete with that firepower Athrun!"
The two Ginns created some distance from the Aegis. Getting ready to gang up on the Strike with the others. But they would be to late.
"Get away!" Kira fired the weapons on the Launcher Strike Gundam. 320mm Hyper Impulse Cannon fired out wildly but managed to hit two targets. The GAT-X102 Duel Gundam finally lost its Phase Shift Armor and pulled back. "I am almost out of power Lt.Flaga!"
"I think we did good enough." Mu La Flaga flew away as the Zaft forces regrouped. His scanner alerting of one Ginn lingering. 'It is that purple one again. We are sitting ducks. The Aegis, it is already returning.'
"All Zaft forces fall back!" Commander Rau Le Creuset said. "Inbound Federation suits. We cannot contend with all of them." He was upset but the odds did not stay with them once the Aegis came out. 'What is with that suit? Such piloting. When did they get another ace?'
"You got lucky kid!" The purple Ginn said to Kira before shooting off. An aimed shot blew a hole in the cockpit. Almost venting it before a seal came in place. But emergency procedures took care of that.
"Ugh, I lost so badly." Kira lamented. Seeing the others, he moved back retreating to Archangel. The Strike's had severe damage to the head and torso. 'If not for the briefest of insight, I would have taken a direct hit.'
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-On Board Party-
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"Well, the famous Archangel, nice to finally meet the crew. The fact a bunch of civilians have helped keep this thing going is a miracle." Rear Admiral Holt had a forced smile on his face.
"Sir, thank you for the help. We have a bunch of civilians that need extraction."
"This is not that kind of operation." An officer said upset.
"What?!" The Captain was shocked.
"You are to continue on ahead. We are here to refuel you and help as we can. That is all." Rear Admiral Holt said. Not liking the way things were going himself really.
"But the civilians?!" One of the kids questioned. It was Tolle Koenig. "We are not equipped for war. Let us at least go back to Heliopolis."
"Are safer here." Rear Admiral Holt frowned. "The colony was marked as a no-conflict zone to appease the masses. But from our understanding, the colony is falling apart."
"That can't be right?" Lieutenant Flaga was beside himself.
"The 6th Fleet is all mostly gone. Zaft did a night op attack that paid off while we fueled. The facility was sabotaged and carried out brutally. They were extremely desperate. Using wild tactics as they set fire and explosions through the place. It took us hours to put the fire out."
"What are you saying?!"
"I am saying, as here on out, we are at your command Captain. We are all that is left of the base beside the few civilians as well as the supplies we have." Rear Admiral Holt said. "For my failure, I was busted down. So, you are in charge."
"Welcome aboard. Just fill in where you can after unloading." Natarle walked over taking charge after seeing the Captain's hesitation. "Stop lollygagging and move! We don't know if they will come around after regrouping."
Grumbling a little, they went to work. Natarle passed a tablet over containing a course correction. One to get pas Zaft and bring them to a better location for fill up and repairs.
She received a telepathic message from Titan about the shuttle. The three Ginns now painted would go and intercept it with the Aegis. Under the guise of recon. The Mobile Doll System installed by Titan and herself made things really easy to get things down.
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-Later-
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"You are free to go. Just don't pull a stunt like last time." The captain said to Titan as he walked out the cell. Murrue Ramius felt her life was going to fast all of a sudden. Two ships she was now responsible for. With not enough troops between them. And a pilot that did not like to listen to certain things. "There are even more people on the ship now. We need all the help we can get. Did you hear me Titan!?"
*Chish!* The cell door closed.
"So you are the undercover guy I heard about. I am not impressed. You look like you just got out of diapers." One of the soldiers from the surviving fleet said.
Titan kept walking towards them.
"Did you hear my Lt kid?" He said.." The man was silenced as Titan punched him in the throat. "Kukku.."
*Whack, whack, whack!* Titan hit each of them in the throat dropping them to the floor. He walked up to the last one and broke his nose before continuing to walk away.
"All I heard was please hit me till I can't talk anymore. A beautiful language." Titan sneered as he moved.
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-His room-
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"So how are you feeling now?" Natarle asked while she laid atop of him. Titan just gave her a smile. "Glad you are fine. So my World has gone to shit now. We'll it was before this anyway. Care to.. I dunno, invest in it?"
"Alright."
"You know that means I am staying here for a while right?" Natarle eyes lit up before dimming slightly. "This is not like before at all."
"Yup. Try not to die this time."
"Ass!" She smacked his shoulder. "I don't plan on it. I will, however, need some big help to deal with those Users that are here. Even with them all being unawakened. So weird so many came at once."
"You are stronger than them combined into one. You just need some grunts to help obey your orders. Kick Kira out of the Strike. You will pilot it while I take control of the Aegis upgrading."
"Because of the different changes to it?" Natarle asked. Titan nodded. "I am not that delicate."
*Whack!* Titan smacked her ass hard. Causing her to squirm.
"It is not about delicate. You will be safer inside it, than the Aegis. I am also intuned with it. If its gets to low on energy I can warn you faster than the sensors can." Titan looked at her angrily. "I do not want to see you die again any way."
"Mhm good. I was afraid you were mad at me like you are with Lluvia. I half expected you to snap earlier. That fire in your eye, that possessive quality you have toward me living makes me happy. Just wanted to see you Express it again." Natarle smiled at him. "I am ready to get started in that operation when you are." She made to get up but was pulled back down. "I guess later then?"
"Yes. Right now, me and you are gonna spend the day here. With each other." Titan's voice made for no argument.
"Well then, I guess I should show some other things I learned while away. Later we deal with Zaft and my World."
System: Gundam Seed, owner Titan Nebula + Natarle Nebula (Hidden) World's Will is now disabled. Pillars can die like others. Will of the World switching over to watch mode.
"How did that happen?" Titan looked it over. Not something he saw before. But then again, their was a lot to learn still. "I am glad you are stronger than original you."
"Me to. This puts things a little better for us." Natarle smiled. "But that means the ship itself could go down with certain shots like any other ship. The Archangel is always outnumbered. Only alive because the WIll of the World supported. No way a group of kids with all the crap they do could keep a warship going. Especially with everything that happens between here and the end."
"Well, glad for this recent acquirement." Titan pressed his hands against her back. "This is a Guyver Unit I developed with Magic Knight Ray Earth Technology for you. The metals are made from materials from here. And a few other places. Basically a miny Gundam. In case shit hits the fan."
*Schlick!* The orb sent tendrils through her body. Integrating slowly. The chaos emerald in her ring disappeared and gave the suit a large power boost.
"So, should we take over a Zaft ship for ourselves and our forces?" Natarle continued to squirm as it integrated. Her own upgrades increasing the designs even further. "I rather that than the Archangel itself. That way we upgrade however we want."
"A few weeks before things get eh." Titan's eyes flashed for a bit. "Enough time for us to acquire what we need. And, easy for us to do what is needed with hat we have. With Aegis, Gold Frame, and the Ginns we have defintely."
"Yeah, let them have the Strike. A good distraction for things." Natarle understood a bit of what he was wanting to do after looking at a few screens. "Take off and do our own force. Defintely hard and fun though."
"Junius Seven has everything we need. No sense in letting all that stay out there wasting away." Titan said. Natarle nodded agreeing. "Any bodies we find, we will place in coffins and conduct a funeral. I know you want to at least give something back."
"Yup. But I am old enough to know better about certain things. TO much is their to give up. And I want to show you a few things." Natarle smiled.
The two were dressed after a few hours of sleep. And the return of the shuttle.