Hello everyone, R-0 here and welcoming you to a special mini-series. As always, more details will be at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED Destiny or its respective materials. If I did, the ending to it would have been way better with Shinn and Rey NOT being curb-stomped (At the very least, they actually damage the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice) and Lacus' little faction actually struggling.

Chapter 1: Resolve Of Destiny

It's a tense opening as the Archangel and Eternal, accompanied by their motley fleet, race around the moon to reach their target: Requiem. A massive superweapon capable of devastating entire stations with ease thanks to its ability to reflect its beam and target any location both on Earth and on the Moon, hence how the Lunar Base Arzachel was just incinerated.

Within the Eternal, Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala are hastily prepping their signature Mobile Suits: The ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom and the ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice. Within the Hangar, there also lies the trio of ZGMF-XX09T DOM Troopers, the ZGMF-X88S Gaia and a ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom.

"The issue we have is the first Relay Station." Affirms Athrun over the communicator. "We need to destroy it or they'll be able to fire wherever and whenever they want to."

Elsewhere, within the ZAFT Fleet, the ZGMF-X42S Destiny, piloted by Shinn Asuka and the ZGFM-X666S Legend, piloted by Rey Za Burrel just took off from their ship, Minerva and are heading towards the large space station known as Messiah.

"So the two faster ships will blitz ahead to deal with the first relay station while ORB's Flagship and the main fleet deal with Requiem itself." Neo Roanoke clarifies with Murrue Ramius on the Archangel's bridge. "We're attempting all of this while knowing full well that ZAFT's Lunar Fleet is close by? Oh boy…"

"But we don't have another choice if we want to actually have a chance of winning." Murrue counters.

"Speed will be our victory." Lacus Clyne enters into the conversation. "We need to destroy the Relay Station before we're surrounded by the enemy's reinforcements."

As this conversation continued, they continued to get progressively closer to the First Relay Station.

"Chairman Durandal!" A subordinate called out to the Chairman. "The Eternal and Archangel and nearing Station One!"

"With the ORB Fleet at its core there are also Nazca and Laurasia-Class vessels as well as Earth Forces ships all closing on Daedalus!" Another subordinate called out.

"I understand." Durandal calmly responds. "Dispatch the Minerva, Gondwana and half of the Lunar Fleet to Station One. The rest are to go to Roland at the Daedalus Base."

"Yes sir!"

"What's the status of station two?" He inquires.

"Two ships approaching!" Comes the response. "Red 22, Charlie. Distance: 120!"

"This issue isn't their numbers or equipment."

"All defensive forces launch!" The ZAFT Commander orders. All of the ship's Mobile Suit Team Subsequently take off, comprised of ZAKU Warriors, ZAKU Phantoms and GOUF Igniteds.

"The issue is…"

"Lacus, I'm now taking off, Okay?" Kira declares within the Strike Freedom.

"Please do!" She responds.

"Athrun!" He regards his comrade.

"Yes, let's go!" He responds with a smile.

The Eternal's Launch Catapult then begins to open as the Strike Freedom takes its place to launch.

"Prepare METEORS!" Andrew Waltfled commands. "All hands: Level One Battlestations!"

"We're moving in front of the Eternal!" Murrue commands her crew. "Activate the Gottfrieds and Valiants. Load the Missile Launchers with Korinthos!"

At that, the two Gottfried Beam Cannons and two Valiant Rail Cannons emerge from their berths while the Missile Launchers open up to reveal their payload ready to fire.

"Kira Yamato, Freedom, Launching!" Kira declares as the Strike Freedom flies down the Catapult before detaching and flying away.

"Athrun Zala! Justice, launching!" Athrun follows suit as his Mobile Suit hastily takes off to follow Kira's Strike Freedom. Both Mobile Suits activate their Phase Shift Armour as the Strike Freedom becomes a mix of black, red, blue and gold while the Infinite Justice turns to a body-encompassing salmon colour.

At this moment, the Destiny and Legend also both entered Messiah.

"Put me online." Lacus commands.

"Roger!" The communications officer responds.

"METEORS, lift off!" Andrew declares while this occurs. Both METEOR Assault Platforms detach from the nose of the Eternal.

"This is Lacus Clyne of the Eternal!" She calls out as the Infinite Justice and Strike Freedom dock with the METEORS. "This is a notice to all ZAFT Soldiers defending the relay stations."

"We are about to destroy that useless weapon of mass destruction!"

As her speech continues, both Kira and Athrun ignite their METEORS engine and take off towards the Relay Station.

There's no response as the ZAFT Forces seem to have paused at her response, their posture looking significantly less offensive.

"What?" Roland queried with confusion.

"That thing is not necessary for people and not necessary for battle!" Lacus continues, her confidence boosted at the apparent pause of the enemy forces. While this occurrs, Rey and Shinn finally reach Durandal within Messiah to which he greets them. "If you have any pride left in the uniform that you wear, if you want to fight for the sake of peace, you will let us through!

The situation bodes well for Kira and Athrun as they got progressively closer with their METEORS, the enemy force still looking unwilling to battle as they get closer and closer.

"I think it's working, Athrun!" Kira exclaims with glee.

"I know, this should make our job easier."

Soon enough, they soon enter range of the assembled force and they still refuse to open fire. Things were looking good for them. They even began to pass a few Mobile Suits. It looks like her strategy worked…

That was until two red beams suddenly veer at the Infinite Justice and Strike Freedom. Due to the sudden nature of it, they're unable to dodge as the Beams blast straight through their engine blocks. As a result, both Kira and Athrun are forced to eject their engine sections, but the subsequent confusion also left them further stunned as some Heat Whips suddenly tear into the arm sections, further destroying the METEORS completely.

"W-what the?!" Kira exclaims.

"Why the fuck would we listen to some fake!" One of the Gunner ZAKU Pilots yells at them.

"Yeah, our Lacus has kept us going through this war!"

"Without her and Durandal, we never would have dealt with LOGOS!"

"You're just some terrorists who don't like the Chairman's plans!"

"Useless weapon of Mass Destruction?! We finally have a way to protect ourselves from the Earth Forces!"

A variety of these insulting and angered responses erupt over the communications, stunning Lacus at her failure. Suddenly, even more fire erupted as the ZAFT Forces began to fully open fire.

"That's right!" Roland encourages his troops over the communicator. "They're just terrorists who hang onto their pathetic ideals! Shoot them down! For the sake of ZAFT!"

And with that, the ZAFT Forces were renewed with fighting spirit as they charged at the recovered Infinite Justice and Strike Freedom. All of the battleships open fire as a volley of beams and missiles all come from the opposing Nazca Class ships. In response, the Archangel fires a volley from its Gottfrieds and Valiants while the Eternal fired a Missile Volley and a shot from its Beam Cannon. ZAFT forces further retaliated by numerous Blaze Zaku Warriors firing at the Archangel with their "Firebee" Missiles.

The Strike Freedom unleashes its DRAGOONs and proceeds to hastily fire at numerous enemy Mobile Suits, heavily damaging them while the Infinite Justice dodged numerous oncoming fire and let off a volley with its two beam cannons and Beam Rifle, destroying a few ZAFT Suits.

"Well, this is gonna be harder than I first thought…" Andrew mutters before getting out his chair. "DaCosta, we're heading out!"

"W-what?" His subordinate replies while Lacus momentarily adopts a panicked look.

"With the METEORS gone, our guys are gonna have a lot of trouble so they need some backup!" Andrew swiftly explains before pointing at the communications officer. "Have the Gaia prepped and one of the Phantoms outfitted with a Gunner pack! Have the DOM Team ready to go!"

"Mr Waltfled, what is the meaning of this?!" Lacus asks with a confused tone.

"As I said, we need to close the gap after losing the METEORS. Plus, we're gonna need the ship's firepower to take that thing down."

"But-" Lacus tries to protest.

"This is your ship, Princess." Andrew reminds her. "It's yours to command. I've always been better out there in a Mobile Suit. The crew know what they're doing and we have faith in you to lead them!" He assures her.

"… I understand." She replies after a pause, adopting a fierce expression as she takes a seat in the Captain's chair. Andrew adopts a relieved expression before and he and DaCosta race out of the Bridge.

"Message from Fleet Headquarters!" Abby informs Talia Gladys on the Minerva's bridge. "Our defence forces are engaged in battle against the Archangel and Eternal! The Lunar Orbital Fleet and Minerva are to head there as reinforcements!"

"Those guys!" Yzak Joule grinds his teeth in annoyance as he observes the battle from his Nazca-Class Voltiare as Kira and Athrun try, with great conviction, to fight through the overwhelming even with losing their METEORS. Luckily, they seem to be holding their own.

"It's no wonder they haven't contacted us." Dearka comments. "We ARE both members of ZAFT after all."

"I know that!" Yzak hastily replies. "In any case, we're going! Hurry up and send the ship out!" Yzak commands.

"Y-yes, sir!" The bridge officer replies, rather rattled by Yzak's intensity.

As the Lunar Fleet (Along with both the Gondwana and Minerva) take off after the enemy fleet, Shinn and Rey are stood in front of Durandal, a tense atmosphere surrounds them. Shinn, himself, has a conflicted look on his face which Durandal takes note of.

"Is something the matter, Shinn?" He asks with a concerned tone.

"Ah, nothing, sir…" Shinn trails, conflict filling his heart.

"You're confused again with so many things happening, yes?" Durandal asks knowingly.

"Yes, sir…" Shinn trails once again.

"Indeed, beginning with the Armoury One Incident and Junius Seven drop." Durandal recalls. "This has then led us to this moment."

At that moment, on the battlefield, Athrun detached his Sub-Flight Lifter and the device hurtled towards a Nazca-Class, easily burning right through it before returning to Athrun.

"Anyone would be confused." He continues. "However, this world of endless conflict with one unbearable event after another is about to end."

"Yes." Rey firmly replies.

"Or, should I say, please put an end to it." Durandal clarifies. "With the strength you possess."

Once again, Kira and Athrun attempted to soften up their enemies by firing a volley of beams from their combined weapons. They're successful at taking out a significant group.

"Four missiles approaching from Starboard!" Miriallia informs Murrue.

"Evade and fire Helldarts!" Murrue commands.

The Archangel's small missiles and CIWS unleash a volley and neutralize the inbound missiles. Unfortunately, they're not to relax as a group of Blaze ZAKU Warriors unleash a volley.

"Stop fighting and clear the way!" Lacus tries helplessly over the communicator as another missile impacts the side of the ship. "No matter what it targets, it must never be fired again, so please move aside!"

Unfortunately, her words have no effect as the forces continue to fight unperturbed.

"We'll never listen to terrorists!" A ZAFT Green exclaims before having his GuAIZ R sliced apart by the Infinite Justice wielding its Beam Naginata before Athrun blasts his partner's GOUF with the backpack's cannons. A Gunner ZAKU tries to fire its Orthos, but Athrun uses his Beam Shield to absorb the attack before charging at the ZAKU and cutting it in half.

Elsewhere, Kira quickly uses his DRAGOONs to pacify another squad of enemies as well as disabling a few using his Beam Rifles.

"At this moment, Requiem's Station One is under attack by the Archangel and Eternal." Durandal explains to the duo.

"What?" Shinn asks with confusion.

"Apparently, this was triggered by my attack on Arzachel base due to their constant resistance." Durandal explains. "It truly is a troublesome thing that they'd attack us for such a reason."

"That's stupid, sir!" Shinn responds heatedly. "Those bastards would have just found a new way to wipe us out if you didn't deal with them! Why the hell are they faulting you for that?!" He continues with an angry tone before Rey and Durandal raise an eyebrow at Shinn's heated attitude. "…Sorry…"

"Don't be." Durandal assures him. "I appreciate honesty and I'm glad you agree. It truly is sad that this must go on…"

"Indeed, sir, it is a sad thing." Rey jumps into the conversation. "But they refuse to listen. They never even bothered with negotiations and just arrived here and started to attack." He continues. "If they do prevail, then this age of darkness will continue. The cycle will never end because nothing will have changed. Even if they intend to bring happiness, they will be responsible for the next LOGOs and the LOGOs after that." Rey explains. "It's just human nature. I don't ever want another world like that. We've come this far!"

"I don't either…" Shinn adds.

"That's why the Destiny Plan is needed." He concludes.

"You're absolutely right." Durandal affirms for him.

At that moment, Kira and Athrun charged at a lone Nazca-Class. Kira unleashed his DRAGOONs and proceeded to open fire on the ship's engine blocks. These explode and the Ship becomes crippled. Athrun then deals the finishing blow by blasting the Bridge.

"Athrun!" Kira addresses his compatriot as they manage to get every closer to the Station.

"Right!"

Unfortunately, they're broken out of their reverie as their sensors start blaring and they manage to avoid a large volley of beams hurtling directly towards them.

The collective alliance all adopt confused expression as they turn to see a large amount of enemy forces closing on them. The most noticeable of which is…

"The Minerva?!" Kira exclaims as Athrun grits his teeth in annoyance at the sight of the familiar ship.

"How exactly do you feel about this, Shinn?" Durandal regards Shinn. "What are your thoughts on this?"

Shinn adopts a nervous expression before he reminisces about his conversation with Rey where he revealed his origins as a clone and the precursor to the Ultimate Coordinator: Kira Yamato. He recalls how Rey told him about his desire to be of use to the world. To make a lasting impression. To be able to create a world where they're not born into a world of hate and suffering.

"I agree with Rey." Shinn says with conviction. "I want a world where children can grow up unafraid of their genes and won't be hated for it. I want a world where children like the Extendeds won't have to suffer anymore and we're not driven by a selfish desire to be better than everyone else."

And with that, Durandal adopted a happy smile at his confession.

The other Mobile Suits both onboard the Archangel and Eternal have finally fully mobilized and ready to launch and assist Kira and Athrun.

"Neo Roanoke, Akatsuki, launching!" Neo declares as he zooms down the Launch Catapult and out of the Archangel. He's soon quickly joined by a squadron of Murasames who launched after him.

On the Eternal, the DOM Trooper team (Hilda, Mars and Herbert) all hurriedly sortie from the ship to provide assistance.

"You've got some nerve to threaten Miss Lacus' ship!" She declares with a heated tone before hastily dispatching a ZAKU Warrior with ease. Her subordinates quickly follow suit and dispatch a few of their own.

Soon after, Andrew sorties from the Eternal in the Gaia, the orange paint scheme encompassing the Gundam before being joined by DaCosta in a Gunner ZAKU Phantom.

"Remember, DaCosta, we're here to provide support to the ships, Kira and Athrun. Don't stray too far! We need to hurry on after the kids!" He reiterates before transforming into his Mobile Armour form and cutting two ZAKU Warriors in half with both Beam Blades.

"Yes, sir!" DaCosta responds followed by shooting an attacking GuAIZ R with his Beam Assault Rifle before joining with Andrew.

Yzak gazes at the new trio of Mobile Suits and the Gaia with confusion.

"What are those Mobile Suits?!" He asks with confusion. "And they have a Gaia?!"

"More importantly, what are we gonna do next, Commander?" Dearka inquiries from within his ZAKU's cockpit over the communicator, confusing Yzak. "Shall we just dash out and get killed?"

"Idiot!" Yzak scolds him. "If that's your attitude, then don't even go out there!"

"But then…" Dearka trails.

"I'm heading out!" Yzak continues, eliciting a confused gasp from Dearka.

"Commander?!" The Bridge Commander asks with confusion.

"Just have the Voltaire cover us from behind! You got it?!" He commands. "Don't move up front else you wanna die!"

"Y-yes, sir!" The commander responds with minor confusion.

The Minerva has now managed to stumble onto the Archangel and the two infamous ships now stare each other down. Talia recalls her meeting with its captain and how they both hold the same ideas before she hastily shakes it off. Arthur regards her with confusion.

"Captain…?" He asks.

"This ship will now begin battle!" Talia declares. "Send out the Impulse. Open all Launchers and target the Archangel!"

"Y-yes ma'am!"

"For the honour of ZAFT, we'll surely destroy that ship today!" She declares.

The Impulse's unique launch catapult is prepped as the Core Splendour rises out of the bowls of the Ship while the Minerva's weapons are all armed. The large "Isolde" Triple Ballistic Cannon and two "Tristan" Dual Beam Cannons are very much prominent.

"Captain!" Miriallia alerted her captain to the development.

"Ten to port! Descend fifteen!" Murrue commands. "Arm Gottfrieds and target the Minerva!"

Elsewhere, the Archangel's Mobile Suit Team are dealing with Stragglers as Neo utilizes the Akatsuki's remote weapons to deal with a group of ZAKU Warriors.

His team of Murasames were equally effective as they quickly dispatched a duo of GOUF Igniteds.

One ZAKU Warrior managed to get a clear shot on the Eternal and dealt a significant amount of damage to the ship with its missiles. It managed to accurately hit the Eternal's main cannon before being shot down by the DOM Team.

"What's our status?!" Lacus asks with worry as she felt the hard explosion.

"Extensive damage to our main cannon as well as minor damage across the hull!" Meyrin informed her.

"It seems we still have the will to go on." Lacus affirmed before composing herself.

Both Yzak and Dearka finally enter the fray as they sortie in their white GOUF Ignited and black Blaze Zaku Phantom respectively.

"What are you planning, Yzak?" Dearka asks his friend with confusion. "You're not…"

"Right now, that guy's the only one I wanna punch!" He responds, confusing Dearka momentarily. "What are you thinking?! Showing up here again!" Yzak then gestures to the Infinite Justice using its Sub-Flight Lifter to tear through the hull of a Nazca-Class.

Dearka, realizing who he was referring to, lets out an exasperated sigh at his friend's typical behaviour.

"Lunamaria Hawke. Core splendour, launching!" Lunamaria calls out as she takes off out of the Minerva's central catapult in the Core Splendour.

Soon enough, the Chest Flyer and Leg Flyer follow suit and align themselves with the Core Splendour as it transforms into the core pack. The Legs and Chest then merge with the core and the Impulse is formed.

The Force Silhouette then docks with the Impulse which responds with extending its shield and blasting off into the battlefield.

Once this is completed, both ships finally engage in battle.

"Fire!" Both captains cry as the ships simultaneously unleash their arsenal of weapons against each other.

Shinn was currently sat in the cockpit of his Destiny, fiddling with the OS and checking that the Destiny was in perfect condition to fight. He was waiting to be summoned again by Durandal who was currently in conversation with Rey. He was filled with this sense of anticipation of having his final confrontation with the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice.

"And winning…" He mutters to himself hopefully.

"Station One will be destroyed in a moment, but that's okay." Durandal informs Rey. "We can replace it. After that, they'll probably come straight here. There aren't too many of them, after all." Durandal concludes.

"I know." Rey assures him.

Elsewhere, Lunamaria had just gotten very lucky as the Eternal was completely exposed with no defence (Especially with its Main Cannon destroyed). She ignites her boosters and hastily charges towards it. Meyrin manages to pick this up and panics.

"The Impulse? Sis!" She exclaims in realization.

"I'm doing the right thing, aren't I? This is how it should be, right?" Lunamaria wonders to herself doubtfull as she closes on the Eternal's bridge.

"Stop it!" Meyrin cries out. The sound of her sibling's voice gives Lunamaria pause as she slows to a halt.

"Meyrin… Aboard the Eternal…?" Lunamaria mutters with confusion.

"Why are you fighting?" Meyrin asks in a pleading tone. "Why are you fighting?!"

"I'm sure the Minerva and Defense Forces will significantly weaken them." Durandal assures Rey, observing the said ship and Archangel exchanging equal amounts of fire at one another. "I'm sure you know, however, they are strong. If we fail in dealing with them completely, our efforts will have all been for nothing."

"I understand, sir." Rey assures him.

Meanwhile, Shinn is still impatiently sat within his Mobile Suit's cockpit, awaiting his summon. He's already concluded that his Destiny is as ready as can be for the final battle. As a result, he pulls out the Mobile Phone that his deceased sister used to own and stare at it. Soon enough, a knowing expression crosses the youth's face.

"If things like prejudice didn't exist, you might be still alive, Mayu… You too, Stella…" A steeled expression crosses his features. "That's why I gotta believe in this! So that this never happens to anyone else!"

Lunamaria's hesitation, unfortunately, pays off as the trio of DOM Troopers have finally noticed the Impulse within close proximity of the Eternal. They soon speed towards her.

"Mars, Herbert!" Hilda addresses her subordinates. "We'll deal with that one! Is that clear!"

"Gotcha!" Herbert responds.

"Yeah!" Mars adds.

At that, the trio all line up (Hilda at the front with Mars at the back) and commence their signature attack. They all activate their "Screaming Nimbus" Scattering Beam Guns which encompass the Mobile Suits in a reddish texture of particles and charge at the Impulse.

Lunamaria finally notices the trio charging her and turns to address them. Hilda charges at Lunamaria with a Beam Sabre while Lunamaria tries to fire at her, but the Particle's effect causes the shot to be ineffective. Hilda attempts to fire her Bazooka at Lunamaria, but is successful in her evasion. Herbert then attempts to slash the Impulse with his Beam Sabre, but she responds by flying over the slash and then using the DOM's head to propel herself at the final Trooper. Mars fires his Bazooka which Luna then blocks with her shield. Shards can be seen as the shield explodes into pieces.

Mars soon flies into close proximity of the explosion as part of manoeuvre, deactivating his "Screaming Nimbus", but it's his downfall as a Sabre flies through the explosion and impales the Mobile Suit in the cockpit area, incinerating the pilot outright. Soon enough, the Impulse flies out and grabs the Beam Sabre from the impaled DOM before flying away. Both Hilda and Herbert look on in shock as the Mobile Suit explodes and their comrade is killed.

"Mars!" Herbert yells in anger.

"Why you!" Hilda exclaims with equal anger. "I'll get you for that!"

And with that, both pilots charge at the Impulse in anger. Lunamaria brandishes her Beam Rifle in the other hand and engages battle with them. She fires at Herbert with her Beam Rifle who responds by activating his energy shield to block it. While doing this, Lunamaria dodges a slash from Hilda and tries to slash her with her own Beam Sabre. Hilda then counters by activating her energy shield on her left arm to take the slash. Herbert then tries to flank Lunamaria and fires at her back area with a couple of beam blasts and a large bazooka shot first. The rocket and bolts of energy veer towards Lunamaria who quickly responds by throwing the Beam Rifle at the rocket which takes the blast and then using her now free hand to brandish the other Beam Sabre and slash the DOM's unprotected right arm (And its Beam Sabre) and kick Hilda's DOM away while stunned.

She then boosts towards the Beams and detaches her backpack which veers towards the Beam volley. The volley collides with and destroys the backpack before Luna throws one her Beam Sabres at Herbert. He then activates his Scattering Beam Gun to deflect the attack before charging at the backpack-less Impulse. He holsters his bazooka and brandishes his Beam Sabre instead as he continues his charge at the girl. Luna responds by charging at the DOM Trooper. Herbert goes for a slash which succeeds in cutting off the Impulse's left arm, but also leaves him temporarily exposed as Luna quickly jumps on top of him and drives her Beam Sabre into the DOM.

Hilda can only watch in further shock and anger as her other teammate is killed and his DOM equally explodes.

"You bastard!" Hilda cries in anger as she charges at the Impulse. Luna, however, isn't in a fighting mood as she detaches both the Chest Flyer and Leg Flyer which both veer towards Hilda's DOM and collide with her. Hilda activates her energy shield to absorb the subsequent explosion as both parts explode, but as she recovers, she watches as the fighter craft flies away and back towards the Minerva. "Dammit… I can't leave Miss Lacus' ship unprotected!" She exclaims in frustration. "I'm sorry Mars… Herbert… I won't be able to avenge you…"

And with that, Hilda defeatedly flies close back to the Eternal as Lacus could only look on at the tragic loss of two of their pilots.

"Meyrin…" She addresses the broken girl. "Have Kira and Athrun reached the station yet?"

The battle wasn't over. Tears could come later.

As this sad event occurrs, the Minerva and Archangel are still locked in combat with the Minerva firing yet another volley of missiles at the Archangel.

"Turn bow thirty degrees to port! Activate Tannhauser!" Talia commands.

And with that, the large Positron Cannon emerges from its berth and begis to charge.

A fair distance away, Neo notices the enemy ship beginning to charge its weapon and flies towards them.

"Crap! Will I make it?!" Neo remarks.

"The Minerva is aiming its Positron Cannon at us!" Romero informs Murrue.

"Dammit! They've got us!" Murrue remarks as she notices the Eternal immediately behind them. "If we move, the Eternal will be sunk!"

"Fire!" Talia commands as the large red beam of energy erupts from the Tannhauser.

Murrue can only watch in terror as the red beam hurtles through the stars aimed directly at her bridge.

Suddenly, though, a small group of gold remote weapons group together and momentarily take the shot. All of a sudden, the Akatsuki also then appears behind them a few moments later. Murrue can only watch in shock at the sudden case of déjà vu.

"I won't let you hit the Archangel!" Neo cries out with conviction as the small remote weapons are quickly incinerated. Despite being also equipped with reflective armour their small size, even combined, means they wouldn't survive a Positron Cannon. He then blocks the blast further with the Akastuki's shield. A flash appears before him as he suddenly recalls who he truly is… While not the complete Mu she remembers, he's a clone made of the remains that were recovered by Djibril. While new memories were implanted, he's somehow also retained the old Mu's.

As the blast dissipates, the Akatsuki brandishes its Beam Rifle and fires at the Minerva. The Beam cuts through the Positron Cannon, destroying it outright, cause the Bridge Crew to exclaim as they feel the vibrations.

"I'm okay!" Neo reassures Murrue. "I ain't gonna leave you now! I may not the full Mu you remember, but I'll do my best for you after this!"

The Bridge Crew gasp as they realize his implications.

"Mu…" Murrue replies gleefully.

Unfortunately, their romantic moment is cut short as duo of green beams zip through the air and collide with one of the Gottfrieds, destroying it outright.

"Dammit!" Neo remarks. "It didn't take them long to recover!"

"Please head back out to the frontline!" Murrue commands. "Your help is needed more there!"

"You sure?" Neo asks.

"Please!"

"Alright, fine!" And with that Neo took off in the Akatsuki to assist the rest of the ORB Troops.

"Prepare to fire the Lohengrin and target the Minerva!" Murrue commands. "Have the remaining Gottfried maintain a continuous volley to the left of the Minerva and fire another volley of Wombats on the other side! Also, close the distance between the two ships!"

"Captain?" Romero asks with confusion.

"Just trust me!"

And with that, the remaining Gottfried fired another blast at the Minerva, but made sure to not strike the Minerva while another volley of missiles veer towards the Minerva from the other side which the Minerva shoots down with its CIWS.

Eventually, the familiar Positron Cannon emerged from its berth and started to charge as the Archangel got progressively closer.

"Fire!" Murrue commands as the red is about to erupt from the Lohengrin. Unfortunately, a volley of small missiles strike the weapon and destroy it, causing severe damage to the weapon.

"W-what was that?!" Murrue enquired with confusion.

"A small fighter craft, from the looks of it!" Romero responds. "It just appeared on our radar."

"Captain!" Abby addresses Talia. "The Core Splendour has just entered our range! That's what disabled their Lohengrin!"

"What?" Talia asks with confusion before Lunamaria's face appears on the comm screen.

"Minerva!" She addresses the Bridge Crew. "Please send out a Chest Flyer, Leg Flyer and Force Silhouette! I need to get back on the frontlines! I also need a power boost from the deuterium beam!"

"Roger!" Talia responds. "We can take advantage of the Archangel's moment of weakness and resupply the Impulse!"

And with that, the three modules all hurriedly zoomed out of the catapult and towards the Core Splendour. Lunamaria wasted no time docking with these pieces and re-forming the Force Impulse. The small blue beam from the Minerva followed suit, powering the Impulse up to nominal levels before the Mobile Suit took back off, wanting to help out on the frontlines and leaving the two wounded battleships alone. The Minerva then decides that a tactical retreat is in order to recuperate momentarily and they quickly turn and fly away to re-join with the rest of the fleet, leaving the Archangel to lick its wounds.

Elsewhere, away from this romantic development, a volley of missiles all hurtle towards the Infinite Justice who is very close to the relay station. Suddenly, a familiar GOUF Ignited unleashes a burst beam machine gun fire from its hand-mounted Beam Gun. The sight confuses Athrun before the communicator blares into life.

"Bastard!" Yzak addresses his former comrade angrily. "What do you think you're doing out here again?!"

"Yzak?!" Athrun responds with confusion as the sight of the white GOUF Ignited pauses in front of him.

"Look, he's just trying to take that thing out!" Comes the voice of Dearka as his black ZAKU Phantom also appears in front of Athrun.

"Dearka?!"

"That's not what I'm asking!" Yzak responds heatedly.

"Would you just forget about that?!" Dearka answers back. "Let's hurry and finish the job that we started!" Dearka declares, confusing Athrun.

"Dearka, you bastard!" Yzak remarks.

"We wanna destroy this, right?" Dearka remarks, turning his ZAKU Phantom towards the relay station.

"Indeed we do." A voice calls over the communicator.

"Commander Waltfeld?!" Yzak remarks with confusion. He turns to see orange Gaia flying towards them followed by a normal coloured Gunner ZAKU Phantom.

"So if you kids want to help us blow it up easier," Andrew remarks in a jovial tone as his Gaia and Dacosta fly past them, continuing on their journey. "You're free too."

"Of course we will!" Yzak responds, giving chase with Dearka.

"Hi! Mayu here!" The familiar answering message played from the pink Mobile Phone as Shinn held it to his ear (Due to impatience, he vacated the Destiny to go wait in the Locker Room instead). "I'm sorry, I can't talk to you right now!"

Shinn grits his teeth in frustration as the memory of both her and Stella's death play across his brain, reminding him what he's fighting for.

"So that girls like Mayu and Stella don't ever have to suffer again!"

At the same time, the small assembly of Mobile Suits and their pilots (Kira, Athrun, Andrew, DaCosta, Yzak and Dearka) had finally arrived at the relay station.

"Everyone!" Kira addresses the assembled group. "We need to hurry and take it down!"

"Right!" came the collective response.

And with that, the team set about inflicting as much damage as they can upon the weapon.

Kira unleashes his DRAGOONs to consecutively fire at the unamoured Colony, shredding it easily as he also uses his Beam Rifles, Railguns and the Chest Laser to inflict further damage.

Athrun detaches his backpack and flies it straight at the hull, the remote backpack flying and cutting through large portions of the hull while also firing normally with his Beam Rifle.

Andrew uses his Beam Rifle and his two shoulder mounted beam cannons to further inflict damage to the Colony.

Yzak fires a continuous volley from his Four-Barrel Beam gun to shred it apart.

Dearka unleashes a volley from his missiles to collide with and destroy a large portion of the Colony.

DaCosta fires a continuous stream of energy from his Beam Cannon to rip through and vaporise the colony's hull.

This collective effort by the team causes the Station to tear apart into numerous pieces and numerous parts of it equally exploding. The extreme damage cause by them causes the Station to become nothing more than just a large husk of space debris.

The collective assembly of their allied forces and ships all let out a deep sigh of relief at the accomplishment of their objectives.

Just as Shinn's impatience was about to give, Rey finally enters the Locker Room to address his friend.

"Did you rest well?" He asks, confusing the youth.

"No, not really, I've just been… Psyching myself up and checking out the Destiny." Shinn responds.

"That's good as well." Rey assures. "We'll be heading out shortly."

"Yeah, I know." Shinn remarks, closing the Phone. "How's the Minerva doing?"

"She's fighting hard, keeping the Archangel at bay." Rey assures him. "Station One, however, has been destroyed."

"What?!" Shinn asks angrily.

"Do not worry." Rey responds. "Lunamaria is unharmed as well and is fighting just as hard." Rey assures him. "You should have more faith in her. She's strong or else she wouldn't have defeated two of their Ace Pilots as well as their powerful Mobile Suits." Shinn gasps at this news.

"She did?" Shinn asks with an awed tone.

"Indeed." Rey responds. "Their plan is likely to link up with their main forces heading for Daedalus, destroy Requiem and demonstrate their strength."

"We need to stop that from happening!" Shinn responds. "Everything we've worked for will be lost!"

"Agreed, the world will be divided should it happen." Rey responds to move from the room.

"I feel a little sorry for ORB." Shinn remarks. "They're just the toy of that fake Lacus! The ORB I used to live in would want a world where everyone's fairly treated"

"Indeed, and you shall liberate them from her, Shinn." Rey responds. "You shall be the one to save them."

And with that, Rey departs the room. Shinn looks down at his phone one more time before adopting a resolved expression, putting the phone in his pocket and following after Rey.

At that moment, the remainder of the ORB Fleet, headed by the Kusanagi , have just entered into the area of the Daedalus base.

"Target Distance: 8000." Amagi informed Captain Soga.

"Arm Lohengrin!" He commands. With that, the two small Positron Cannons slide out from the side of the Kusanagi and charge up. "Fire!" He commands as two small red beams veer towards the large weapon that is Requiem.

They're met with surprise as a large energy shield erupts around the Superweapon, protecting it from damage and confusing the assembled ships at the cannon's failure.

"Messiah is declaring a battle alert. Condition Red!" A ship-wide intercom blared throughout Messiah as Durandal took his seat.

"Activate all offensive options!" One of his subordinates commanded. "Neo-GENESIS, stand by!"

As that was going on, Shinn and Rey, both clad in their Normal Suits, were making the final adjustments to their Mobile Suits.

"I will beat those two today!" Shinn thinks with hard resolves. "I will!"

Elsewhere, the Minerva, along with rest of the Fleet, were making their way to Daedalus while Talia had a pensive expression and Luna was adopting a nervous expression.

All of a sudden, sensor's blared into life as a large reading was detected.

"What is this?" Athrun asks with confusion.

He gets his answer as the large space station named MESSIAH emerged from behind the moon, the sun on its back.

"Captain!" Miriallia calls out to Murrue in distress. "There's a large structure approaching from Orange 186!"

"A Fortress?!" Murrue exclaims as the allied forces all let out a collective gasp at the sight of it.

"Target within range in twenty!" One of Durandal's subordinates called out.

"Neutron Jammer Canceller: Activated!" Another called out. "Nuclear Cartridge in position!"

"Detecting massive energy build-up!" Miriallia calls out, becoming further distressed.

"Warn the fleet!" Kira exclaims with realisation as he, with Athrun races towards the massive fortress.

"Dammit!" Athrun grunts.

"The target is about to enter firing range!"

"Fire." Durandal simply states.

And with that, small beam fires from the MESSIAH which impacts against the Nuclear Cartridge. This causes the weapon to activate as a massive red beam erupts from the tip and veers straight towards the ORB Fleet.

Said fleet can only gasp at the sight as the beam continues to head for the fleet.

"Engines to maximum!" Soga quickly commands. "Evade!"

The Kusanagi and the other Izumo-Class, as well as a few other ships are successful as they quickly boost at varying angles to avoid the shot. Unfortunately, it is still futile as the majority of their ships are quickly incinerated by the massive beam, an equally massive crater left along its firing path.

Aside from the crews, ORB's Pilots can only look on in shock at the sight of the devestation.

"How could we have missed something like that?!" Andrew remarks with frustration.

"I don't know, sir!" DaCosta replies. "This was something that Durandal kept an even bigger secret than the Destiny Plan itself initially!"

On the opposite team, similar looks of shock can be witnessed from Talia, Arthur and Lunamaria at the incredibly destructive weapon.

"Hurry with the recharge." Durandal commands. "And please have the Destiny and Legend take off!"

And with that, within the station's hangar, both the Destiny and Legend took their places to lift off.

"Destiny and Legend, please lift off!" The intercom called out.

The Legend took the first spot, stepping out in front of the Destiny and igniting its boosters.

"Rey Za Burrel, Legend, launching!" Rey declares as the Legend takes off and quickly flies out of the hangar, activating its Phase Shift Armour as it goes.

"Shinn Asuka, Destiny, I'm going!" He declares as the Destiny follows suit, taking off from the hangar, activating its Phase Shift Armour and its signature Wings of Light.

Elsewhere, the Minerva re-engages the Archangel from behind, giving chase to the battleship.

Soon enough, the Legend and Destiny come into range of Kira and Athrun and both pilots gasp at the sight of the familiar Mobile Suits.

"Now, today, you shall disappear forever, Lacus Clyne." Durandal declares.

"Athrun!" Kira addresses his friend.

"Yeah, let's go, Kira!" Athrun responds.

With that, both Mobile Suits ignite their boosters and charge at the Destiny and Legend to engage battle. The Destiny is first to begin as it opens fire on the Infinite Justice which is then returned wholeheartedly.

The Strike Freedom opens fire on the Legend by firing its Chest Cannon which it evades and responds with firing a volley of beams from its docked DRAGOONS.

"Kira Yamato…" Rey begins, muttering the familiar phrase. "I will not allow you to exist!"

So yeah, with the Remaster almost ending, I decided to write my take on Destiny's climax and certain things that I would like to see happen should the Ending actually be changed and altered for the better.

I loathe the ending to Destiny so much (In general, the final ten episodes are pretty garbage). Athrun and Kira barely suffer any damage or have a challenge challenge and it perfectly proves that Shinn got kicked off his protagonist chair by having him be down-graded to nothing more than a slightly shittier Jerid clone to have Athrun bitch-slap him like nothing. Long awaited final confrontation between the Strike Freedom and Destiny? Sorry, just watch the Destiny get raped by the Infinite Justice instead! Awesome battle of DRAGOONs between the Legend and Strike Freedom? Nope! Watch Kira not lose a single DRAGOON and completely wreck the Legend! Awesome ship battle between the Minerva and Archangel? Sorry, have the Infinite Justice casually cripple it instead! Have characters behave coherently? Fuck that! Let's have Rey suddenly fall victim to Kira's preaching and have him turn on Durandal despite the fact that he's basically his foster father and Rey would literally kill for him! Let's also have Talia come to be with Durandal in his final moments and orphan her child despite the fact that she originally broke up with him so that she could have a child due to him being unable to give her one! That makes sense! Maybe not make it transparently obvious that the writer is on Lacus' side? Nope! Let's have Lacus be the solution to everyone's problems with her ability to cause enemy soldiers to freeze up just with the sound of her voice!

So yeah, I hate the ending and decided to write my own little take on it with the Remaster almost ending. Note that this does not mean I'm not gonna do an entire re-write of Destiny. This is just me trying to take the shitty ending and make it remotely decent.

Now let me re-iterate something: If you're someone who actually enjoyed the final battle (Meaning you enjoyed watching Athrun and Kira rape everything while the soldiers bowed to Lacus), then you're not gonna enjoy this.

As demonstrated, things are actually difficult for them. Lacus just doesn't do her preachy bullshit and suddenly ZAFT just hang there all gawk-eyed. My opinion is that any sensible person wouldn't listen to her. She's part of a terrorist faction and there was the whole recent debacle with two Lacus appearing. Also, she proved that she's massively idealistic and has incredibly unrealistic ideals for the world with her retarded pacifism. As such, I decided to write it where they don't just let her past and instead pretend to be confused to get a surprise attack on the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice, crippling their METEORs.

Now why would I do this? Do away with the METEORs? It's very simple: They take two already broken Gundams and make them even more disgustingly broken. Unlike GP-03 which has the excuse that it's only a fairly average Mobile Suit outside of the Mobile Armour. This actually means that Kira and Athrun need to rely on their forces to prevail over the overwhelming odds and not just Beam-spam everything with their METEORs.

Plus, it allowed the destruction of the Station to be much more of a team effort.

Also, I gave Luna so credit by having her properly take on the DOM Team and not immediately be made their bitch.

Another thing I did was nerf the Akatsuki a little as I think it's kinda dumb that it could just take a Positron cannon and shrug it off. Also, changed it where Neo isn't Mu, but his clone. To me, the idea that LOGOs found Mu's remains and managed to synthesize it to make a clone makes WAY more sense to me than the stupid excuse they gave.

Let me re-iterate that the next one will be VERY different. This chapter was just a precursor for the insane changes I've got planned for Phase 50.

Next chapter will be the final confrontation between our four knights. I also intend to write an epilogue to conclude.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

R-0 Out!