Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Robotech Fan Fiction ❯ Achilies ❯ Achilies Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Achilles

By Sabersonic

Chapter 10

Within the darkness, he remains. Robotech Master Onsota prepares himself for the ceremony that will release his eternal master into this dimension.
"Soon master, soon....."
"Who are you?" Onsota turns around to see the Admiral, the one who defeated his forces.
"So...you're the one who halted my plans."
"I believe I demanded a question. Who are you?"
"I am Robotech Master Onsota. Last of the ancient Robotech Masters and sole wielder of the Forbidden Arts."
"I'm sorry, I am not familiar with the term." The Admiral crosses his arms, hiding away a stored REF Energy Discharge Weapon within the folding.
"Since you're not Tyrolian in origin, I guess I should enlighten you of my heritage. The Forbidden Arts are what your ancestors would refer to as magic and sorcery. It is an ancient art that has been passed down from wielder to wielder for the last five thousand years. The Arts twists the very fabric of time and space, defy the logic of physics and are limited to only the imagination of the wielder. It becomes stronger within time, but as a price, the wielder must endure the most horrific of pains that no living being could ever imagine or comprehend. And they were all given to me by my eternal lord and master."
"And whom could that be?"
"It is impossible for a human for you to ever comprehend the master. It is a deity of pure evil, one that feeds off the life forces and souls of creatures of other dimensions. You should fear the master for he will come into our world soon."
"Not if I still have the ability to stop you."
"You think you can ever defeat a powerful wielder like myself."
"If I still have the will to fight, than I will." Then the two combatants take battle stance as they will decide the fate of the universe.
Heero Yuy stands by upon the hangar of the Agamemnon and awaits for something. His brother, the Admiral, has told him to await for him at this very spot. It has been almost an hour and he still stands there, waiting.
"Hey Heero, what are you waiting for?" Heero looks from his post to see his fellow comrades from the previous wars, along with the Secretary General and the Admiral of the Robotech Defense Force.
"The Admiral wants me to await for him here. He believes that he might have found the survivors of the enemy armada."
"Really, how?" Admiral Rick Hunter asked.
"I don't know. It might be an ability that I am not familiar with."
"Which reminds me, how is he going to fight them off?" Just then, the two combatants exploded from a wall. The Admiral has delivered a fierce kick into the torso of Robotech Master Osota. The two tumbled, but then rolled into another fighting stance. Then Osota fired a fierce blast of mystic energy at the Admiral, which was reflected by the Admiral's bioenergy. Taking the distraction, the Admiral made a swift kick to the torso area which accelerated Robotech Master Osota across the area.
"Lieutenant Colonel Yuy, do you recall the special training at training facility G-109?" The Admiral asked his brother
"Affirmative." The Admiral then forged a sword from his own bioenergy.
"Well, now would be an effective time to use that training." Then Heero forged a bioenergy sword and then charged at Robotech Master Osota who was recovering from the blow. He had only enough time to block the attack, but not the blow and so was knocked from his place of area by the force of the attack. Osota then fired a volley of mystic energy at the twins from his tattooed eye. The two Achilles Twins successfully dodged the attack and then strategically arranged themselves so that Osota would be attacked by two sides. Osota then cast a shadow spell witch made a copy of himself to even the odds of the conflict. The two Osotas attacked with spells and enchantments while the Achilles Twins attacked with their bioenergy attacks and furious martial art moves. Both sided blocked the other's attacks with either powers or physical blocks. The battle raged across the Agamemnon and whole sectors where torn from the conflict. REF Military Policed followed in the wake to contain the chaos that sprang from it, thankfully none occurred.
Chief Communications Officer Sylvia Noventa awaited at the cafe located in the recreational sector of the Agamemnon and awaited the arrival of the Admiral, though he's several minutes late. Chief Officer Sylvia Noventa was understanding, seeing as the Admiral was a very busy person, the responsibility of the entire REF Armada rests upon his shoulders. Chief Officer Sylvia Noventa wanted to speak to the Admiral for one special reason; she wanted to see if the two of them could perhaps enhance their relations ship from Superior to Subordinate to something more human, something beyond military conduct and restriction, beyond professional workmanship. Then all of a sudden, an explosion cut her off of her current train of thought. She looked toward the source of the disturbance and she saw the Achilles Twins battling shadow Dragons.
The Achilles Twins found themselves facing an extension of the powers of Robotech Master Osota's Forbidden Arts. The two took each of the Shadow Dragons to slay the dragons and to get closer to Osota. Heero Yuy made multiple blasts of bioenergy to distract the Shadow Dragon long enough for him to make decisive slashes upon the mystic hide and proceeded to amputate the limbs of the product of magic until it dissipated from the constant attacks. The Admiral took a more forceful approach. He leaped towards the Shadow Dragon's head and spun his bioenergy blade to shred the head and continued downward, shredding mystic flesh until it too, dissipated. Osonta was again alone to his own devises to defeat the Achilles Twins. The conflict then reached the center of the recreational area and then the conflict became fiercer. The two combined and concentrated their attacks to Osonta and Osonta barely blocked the assaults. The Admiral then spies a necessity to victory to the last of the Robotech Master Armada. The Admiral flashed the necessity to Heero, who agreed and then lured the Robotech Master Osonta towards the necessity. The three combatants entered the docking station only minutes of slow fall backs. Then when Osonta was in place and the soldiers were behind the energy shield, they went to the other side of Osonta and forged a bubble around them.
"Central Computer- activate airlock energy shield and open docks immediately, confirmation code: Oscar, Papa, Echo, November Tri. Authorization: Admiral."
"Affirmative. Confirmation code and voice print confirmed." The docking station doors opened, releasing the atmosphere into the vacuum of space. The Bubbles helped confine the twins onto the station. The rushing air has forcefully pulled Osonta towards the open doors, clawing his way onto the deck to stay aboard the ship. Then all of the air has been flushed out and Osonta finds himself without air. Painfully, he crawled towards the twins so that he may survive, instinct causing him to do the unthinkable. Osonta reached the twins but was too late, the lack of Oxygen to his system has forced his body to shut down and since it was about an hour before the air was replenished, he collapsed and had gone limp.
The atmosphere was replenished and the personnel rushed to help the twins. Only finding that their bodies were physically fit, only Robotech Master Osonta was in serious medical condition and it was later confirmed that the lack of Oxygen to the brain had caused him to be brain dead, the only thing to do was to await the body to slowly die. The last of the Robotech Master Armada was vanquished. Now was the time for celebration for the two Robotech Fleets.
It had been two days since the end of the campaign to the Aslanta Stellar Coalition. Now the two fleets could return to Earth, Robotech Earth. As the two fleets defolded, they were met with a scarred Earth that has healed over time from the wars. The two fleets were docked at the Lunar Orbital Space Dock and were readying to go to Earth; half returning to a world that they've left behind, others going to start a new life from the Earth Sphere. The reports have been sent to the Third Earth Government Senate and after almost a day of debating, they've approved of the formation of the Robotech Expeditionary Action Force and have made the Admiral Chief Commander of the REAF. The Admiral, now Chief Commander, now faced a difficult dilemma. One that would denied him of the thrill of the battlefield and the rush of facing death face-to-face. An occupation that all members of the military feared. A desk job.
'Why me? Why am I to suffer from my removal of the battlefield?' Chief Commander was not happy from this latest development of reality; instead of fighting upon the battlefield o his birth, he was to be removed into the most hated occupation. 'How cowardly of this. I am here in this safe location while my subordinates are fighting and dying from a distance from me. Not only it is cowardly, it is unjust. I am a soldier, not a coward and I will not accept this fate.' He cursed inwardly, he was meant to fight along side with his brother, his family, his kin and he would not make a bull-hearted decision of diplomats and politicians of that wish. As he walked down the halls of the Third Earth Government Senate Building, he runs into the Hunters and the Sterlings.
"Whoa there Chief Commander, what's the rush?" Captain Max Sterling asked.
"Congratulations with your promotion." Both Secretary General Lisa "Hayes" Hunter and Captain Miriya Sterling said.
"I thank you. But now I need to speak to the Third Earth Government Senate."
"Why's that?" Admiral Rick Hunter asked.
"I must be demoted immediately, I am not fit to become Chief Commander."
"Why would you want that Chief Commander?" Secretary General Lisa "Hayes" Hunter asked.
"Because it denies me of the battlefield. I was created for the battlefield, and I will live and die on the battlefield."
"Whoa, are you sure you want to do that? Besides, the Senate is currently speaking to the Vice Foreign Minister with the relation between The Earth Sphere Unified Nation and the Third Earth Government. Now's not the time to discuss." Captain Max Sterling said. This information angered Chief Commander, Relena Peacecraft was interfering with his affairs again. He will not let her seduction of her brother, but he lacked the resources to counteract the seduction. He may have the information, but lacked the tools to carry them out. He was isolated from his dream reality; to fight into war with his brother. His anger rose and he could do nothing to repulse the flame and so let his flame grow, hoping that it will burn itself out in time. Then after a week at the homeworld of the Third Earth Government, they made a dimensional fold to the Earth Sphere and then representatives of both universes meet and discussed about trade, communication, technology exchange and commerce. The two universes are in the middle of a making of a new age of enlightenment and peace. The Chief Commander was not thrilled with the idea of free travel between the dimensional folds, his original plans were to maroon the seductress on her homeworld and return to his brother and his own homeworld where they'll at least live their lives in peace through constant combat to protect their homeworld and its allies.
Chief Communications Officer Sylvia Noventa has noticed the frustrations of the Chief Commander and felt pity for him. The Chief Commander had carefully laid out his plans for the return to the homeworld of his origin. It all fell because of the never-ending devotion and courage of a certain Vice Foreign Minister whom wanted to love her Lost Soldier. The Chief Commander would be facing a lifetime of agony as he was stuck in an office, authorizing and declining orders from a far as his subordinates had the thrill of the battle that he so longed to feel, all the while watching his brother grow distant from him as the Vice Foreign Minister taught the Lost Soldier the values and treasures of life beyond war. Even though the Chief Commander claimed that he wasn't enslaved by his emotions, he would be heartbroken to the fact that he would never be with the brother that he knew, the one that would fight beside him in battle and be each other's family until their fiery deaths. He would be empty, isolated and alone in the mainstream of life as he lived out his days in psychological and emotional solitude until it finally kills him.
"A penny for your thoughts?" Sylvia Noventa was interrupted by Chief Intelligents Officer Midii Une, a long time friend.
"Oh.. hello Midii, it's been some time since last we've met."
"You're thinking of him, aren't you?" Sylvia sighs remorsefully.
"Yes....it's so sad for the Chief Commander. He was expecting so much and then it just escaped him. He would be crushed."
"Difficult to believe if you haven't known him personally. Both of us have been with him since the beginning. Yes, it would crush him." Middi Une paused before she again spoke. "You love him, don't you?"
"Yes, I'll always love him. Now and forever. I want to be there to confort him when he is emotionally broken and in need of comfort and compassion." Then Midii Une remembered why she had gone to find Sylvia .
"We've better hurry, the ceremonies are about to begin."
"Yes, we should." On that day, the city of Brussels were to hold a special ceremony to officially announce and strengthen the relations between the two Earths. Appearing would be many political and military figures of the two Earths, one of which was Vice Foreign Minister Darlian. The Chief Commander of the REAF is also attending the ceremonies, to take one last look before his eternal fate was sealed from this. Many citizens from both Earths have gone to the ceremonies to celebrate the new Alliance of the Twin Earths and to truly see a new era unfolding within their lifetimes, some of them twice. As the speech ended, cheers sprang from the crowd and the people hollered for everlasting peace between the two humanities, both scarred from horrific wars of the past. As the Chief Commander and Heero Yuy approached the front as ordered by the Senate, the Chief Commander spots a glint of metal from a distant rooftop. The glint of a sniper assassin. He did some calculations and concluded that the sniper was aiming at Relena Peacecraft and was glad, the seductress would soon die. From the corner of his eye, the Chief Commander also notices that Heero could see the sniper. Heero then moved to save the Vice Foreign Minister, but he pushed both Heero and Relena away from each other.
But then he felt a pinch in his chest. He felt the blood escape his chest and then observed his surroundings. He had shoved the Vice Foreign Minister out of the way and took the bullet that was meant for her. The Chief Commander could not fully move, he could not speak, he could not do anything but fall. Fall and let gravity capture him and let the Earth embraced him in death. He can see that this was the end, this is how it was to end. Not in a blaze of glory by an enemy soldier that was brave enough to challenge him and succeeded, but by a coward who killed from a far and he was to die by loss of blood. In a final act before meeting the darkness, he sent a message to his brother, a message that would confirm of his condition.
'Farewell my brother, farewell.' Heero sensed the final transmission. His brother was indeed leaving him. His only true family was leaving him because of a mistake. The bullet was meant for Relena and yet he mistakenly taken the bullet. Now that his brother was dieing, Heero would truly be alone. Alone without family, without kin, without a brother to care for. Heero was alone.
"NNOOO!!!" Several veteran members of the REAF rushed to their fallen leader who had taken care of them and understood them. They had rushed to a comrade who had taken a bullet that was mean for them when they were complete strangers. Their loyalty was unwavering and would never leave the Chief Commander. Their stubborn loyalty has earned the trust of the Admiral and gave them sanctuary within his fleet. It was too great a debt to make or forget. The Chief Commander was their comrade at arms from the beginning up to this moment, they will not let him die and will avenge this assassination. Heero and Sylvia reached the motionless body first, followed by REAF soldiers and then medics. They've carried the motionless body to an ambulance and sent the Chief Commander to the closest hospital. Many cars, many owned or contained REAF soldiers and close friends, followed the ambulance to the hospital. Once there, the Chief Commander was place into surgery in hopes of saving the Chief Commander from the bullet. Outside, the REAF awaited, hopped and prayed that the Chief Commander would live and lead them once again. The couldn't stand a loss of a dearly loved and cared for comrade.
That was quick. I know that this may not be my best work on Achilles but hay, I had to finish this part for the last chapter and epilogue that had been stuck in my head for some time. Please reply and PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME, I tried my best and I couldn't think of anything else. Please forgive me for this forwardness, I had to finish this.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, Robotech, or Third Invid War. Alright?!