Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Mobile Suit Gundam Fan Fiction / Gundam 08th MS Team Fan Fiction ❯ Amalgam Gundam ❯ Meeting at the Focus ( Chapter 8 )

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Narrator: Universal Colony Year 118: A time where the Endless Waltz of history continues unabated. Let us go back one year to UCY-117: The Empire of Thallos declares war upon all neighboring star systems, and the dozens of space and planetary colonies within them. The Empire's military power is at equal strength with each Government they are at war with, so they are caught in a stalemate. However, halfway into UCY-117, the Empire acquired a new weapon whose name would be heard through the future: Mobile Suits. These new devices smashed through any and all resistance, and the Empire now controls more than 95% of the area. We now return to UCY-118. Melanie Deikin and Den Ryuu have destroyed a new mobile suit model for the Empire.






In the far stretching deserts of the north on the planet Thallos, there is a three-mile circular area that is devoted to a series of satellite dishes known as the Focus. These dishes are the main communications and sensor network of the Empire, and serve to relay communication and scanning data throughout the sector.

Another thing that they do, although not helpful for the Empire, is that it produces a Minovsky effect underneath the dishes, blocking out any sensors that might detect what's underneath the satellites.

And what was underneath the satellites at the moment? The Gundams Jubilee and Golem. They stood, side by side, with their pilots outside of them, running scanning tools over Golem.

Den: The armor generators self-repair the armor while they're in the stasis field, so we don't have to worry about repairing that. I was lucky you saved me when you did, another hit and it would've breached the armor and started damage on the Gundam itself.

Melanie: Well, think about that moment the next time you want to charge into battle without a real plan.

Den rolled his eyes at his companion.

Den: Come on; let's get something to eat.

Den climbed down his Gundam with Melanie right behind him. The two opened up the black boxes they had that contained vacuum-sealed food that had been sent by the Resistance.

Melanie: Frankly, I still think this whole idea of splitting us all up was a mistake. If we stay together, we could be a more efficient combat unit, attacking with greater force than just our Gundams. It's obviously been proven that we work better as a team than as individuals.

Den: Yeah? Well, Edmond and Gallant managed to defeat that Gundam we encountered back at Quetzia on his own.

Melanie: That's different. Edmond's out of control, he's taking this far more seriously than he should be.

Den: Are you saying we should be treating this lightly?! We're fighting to free ourselves from an oppressive government!

Melanie: I'm saying he's willing to jeopardize civilians just to get the enemy. For God's sakes, HE BLEW UP A TOWN WITH A NUCLEAR DEVICE!

Den: The resistances have authorized us to use whatever means are necessary to take out the Empire. Nuclear weapons included.

Melanie: That doesn't mean we should use them! There are other ways to win this war than by killing millions of people!

Den: How?

Melanie: If we all banded together, we could forget about trying guerilla tactics against minor bases and resources and just attack the Palace of the ruler of the Empire! We can take them out in one fatal blow!

Den shook his head.

Den: First of all, that plan is suicide. Even with ten Gundams we couldn't hope to destroy something like the palace. Not only does it have a personal armada of 250 of the most advanced, upgraded, and heavily armed mobile suits guarding it, it has energy shields, built in turrets and missile silos, but also an underground bunker. Secondly, how would we contact all the other pilots without revealing our position?

Melanie: All right, all right, you're right. Still, it beats hiding in a place like this. Say, why don't we destroy this place? The Focus is the main center for communication throughout the Empire, shouldn't we disable it and create communication chaos?

Den: Well, it would easily reveal our location, and there's no other place for us to hide. Also, to destroy so many satellites before Empire forces arrived? Impossible. We just need to hide and-

The two pilots suddenly realized that the wind was picking up, and they looked up above them to see a large craft landing down next to their position. The two climbed up into their Gundams and closed the cockpits. They powered up the two mobile suits as the ship landed and a ramp extended out of it. A platoon of guards with weapons raised ran out first, forming a defensive line, and Melanie immediately began aiming her weapons down at the craft.

Den: Turn on communications frequency 019.

Melanie: On.

Den: They don't seem to want to attack us.

Melanie: Good, that probably means they just want to talk.

The two zoomed in with their cameras to see Marianna, Empress of the Thallonian Empire, slowly walk out of the ship, and Kenola Mozart close behind her.

Den: Is that Ken?!

Melanie: Yeah, it is! I guess her orders to infiltrate the Empire's military worked out better than we had hoped...

Marianna looked up at the Gundams, her red hair blowing to the side with the wind.

Marianna: Are you the Gundam terrorists who have attacked my Empire?

Melanie switched on external speaker.

Melanie: We are!

Marianna: I request that you leave your Gundams for a moment so we may negotiate an end to hostilities!

Melanie: I cannot!

Marianna: Why not?

Melanie: How can we when you have a platoon of guards who'll shoot anyone who comes within five feet of you?

Marianna smiled.

Marianna: You have a good point. I request that my companion behind me stay with me as a guard, in case you decided to do anything to harm me.

Melanie: Agreed! I'm coming down!

Den: Are you sure this is wise?

Melanie: What choice do we have? This may be an opportunity to end this damn war.

Melanie opened her cockpit and climbed down Jubilee to the ground. She calmly walked out to where Marianna was, and Kenola was beside her, holding a hand pistol and training it on Melanie. Melanie stopped ten feet away from them.

Melanie: State your business.

Marianna: I want to know what shall be required to get you people off of my planet and to stop any more terrorist attacks against the Empire.

Melanie: Very well: Get the hell off the colonies.

Marianna blinked for a moment and raised an eyebrow.

Marianna: I beg your pardon?

Melanie: Withdraw all forces from all of the space and planetary colonies and return this sector of space to how it was in UCY-116.

Marianna: I can't do that.

Melanie: Then we have nothing more to discuss.

Melanie immediately turned around and began walking towards her Gundam again. Marianna was taken aback by her stubbornness, and took a step forward, shouting at her.

Marianna: STOP THIS INSTANCE! Do you really think you can just turn around and walk away from me?! I am Marianna! I am the Ruler of the Empire of Thallos! I command the vastest army of the Universe! I AM THE COLONY REAPER!

Melanie stopped walking right at that last part. She slowly turned around and faced Marianna, gaping at her. Den was also amazed by that last part, but Kenola didn't understand.

Melanie: You- you-

Marianna: That's right.

Melanie clenched her teeth and balled up her fists.

Melanie: MURDERER! YOU DESTROYED MY HOME!

Marianna grinned.

Marianna: Well, well, well! And just which colony were you from?

Melanie roared and was about to run at Marianna to strangle her, but Kenola aimed her gun at her. Melanie gritted her teeth and calmed herself.

Melanie: All right, you want terms for our withdrawal?

Marianna: Yes.

Melanie: Your head on a pike. Give us that, and then we'll leave.

Marianna glared at Melanie, and turned around, walking back up into her ship. Kenola followed close behind, still confused by the brief exchange of words. The ship soon afterwards took off, leaving the two pilots down on the planet.





Kenola: Your highness, may I speak to you for a moment?

Marianna: Certainly.

Kenola: You referred to yourself as the "Colony Reaper." What is that?

Marianna closed her eyes like she was in deep thought.

Marianna: Have you ever heard of the Antiar Massacre?

Kenola: Heard of it. Don't know what it was about, your majesty.

Marianna: Antiar was a planetary colony just outside of this planetary system. They were attempting to secede from the Empire, something about heavy taxation. Because I wanted to make an example to them of anyone who thought they could just leave my Empire. I launched 30 Armageddon-class nuclear missiles at the colony from a nearby silo, annihilating it utterly and creating so much radioactive decay that the planet was deemed uninhabitable. Two other colonies on the planet were destroyed by the sudden occurrence of global warming from the nuclear weapons. Also, when I was hearing rumors about resistance movements on LX-014, I decided to take action again, I activated a device planted into the gravitational controls of the colony, and forced the colony to implode from it's own gravitational stress. The name "Colony Reaper" was used to describe the person who actually pushed the buttons for the destructions of those colonies. And that person is me.

Kenola stared at her for a moment, then gulped.

Kenola: I'm sure you made the right choices, your highness.






Melanie: I swear to you, Den: I'm going to kill her someday.

Den: Of course you will. Of course you will.

Den began to walk away from her and back to his Gundam.

Den: We should leave and find a new hiding spot, specifically another place with a high Minovsky particle-

Melanie: I MEAN IT!

Den stopped.

Melanie: I'm going to kill that murderer!

Den: No, you won't.

Melanie: And why not?!

Den: Because I'll stop you.

Melanie: THAT WOMAN MUST PAY!

Den: Yes, she must. She'll do it in a 6 by 6 prison cell.

Melanie: NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

Den turned around and glared at her.

Den: Revenge doesn't solve anything. It only gets more people hurt.

Melanie: WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW OF THAT?!

Den stormed up to her, getting right in her face.

Den: I know.

He calmly turned away and walked back towards his Gundam.





Meanwhile, on the edge of the main Thallonian star system, a flash of light occurred. The light formed into a humanoid shape, one made of a white metal mixed with blue and yellow. It was a mobile suit.

And within that mobile suit, Zechs Marquise groaned in his unconscious state.





To Be Continued...