'This can't be happening!' Rau Le Creuset gnashed his teeth from frustration as he watched how the Earth Alliance crushed ZAFT.
Normally, he wouldn't care, but there was not enough destruction! How is he supposed to destroy humanity if the war ends with one side completely beating the other?!
Even so, he joined the battle and tried to fight back, taking out as many mobile suits as possible.
Then, all of a sudden, a Gundam intercepted him.
'That feeling…'
"Mu! It would seem we are eting for one last ti!" Rau Le Creuset comnted as his GuAIZ tried to take out the Duel Gundam.
"Rau Le Creuset!" Mu exclaid as his GAT unit opened fire, but the new ZAFT model dodged the shots.
"You should give up. Your army is getting overrun!" The blonde man comnted on the current situation.
"Like I care!" The masked man exclaid with a crazy grin.
"You are honestly mad. You always gave those vibes!" The duel used the shoulder cannon to pin the enemy mobile suit.
At that mont, GuAIZ's arm got clipped, making Rau grimace.
'Even the newest model can't keep up with these GAT units.' The blonde masked man complained to himself as Duel used the shield to cover himself from beam shots before charging with the shield into the white machine.
"Gotcha!" The shield bash caused the GuAIZ to lose balance, and Duel got in close and delivered a beam shoot that took out the mobile's suit head.
Rau Le Creuset grimaced as he wanted to go for a lee strike, but Duel's shoulder rail gun took out the other hand.
Mu La Flaga ended up pointing a beam rifle at the cockpit.
"Do you give up?"
*Snort*
The masked man snorted as he did sothing unexpected, activating the self-destruct sequence.
"What are you doing now?"
"What I should have done from the very beginning."
The reply caused Mu to take a bit of distance from the disabled GuAIZ as he narrowed his eyes and looked closer.
'Oh shit!'
He activated the thrusters and swiftly blasted away as the Commander model blew up like a firework.
'Damn that bastard! Crazy to the very end.' The blonde Gundam pilot complained to himself… What a waste!
~~~
Lacus looked at the pink warship as she pointed her sniper rifle at the bridge.
"You know. I don't mind the colour." She connected herself to the bridge.
"I knew it was you." The Younger one replied when she saw the pink mobile suit, not to ntion she could sense her.
"Did my mobile suit colour give it away?" The Mature lady replied with a small giggle.
"Among other things, yes." The Lacus, sitting in the commander's seat, replied. She sounded calm, but the bridge's staff looked speechless to see the other Lacus on the screen.
"I am a bit sad that you are part of the battlefield."
"Fufufu, I am here to cover for my husband and take out the nuisance. I don't call it a battlefield." The Gundam piloting Lacus said with a shrug.
"I suppose it's a difference in perspective."
"Indeed. You're still a bit naive. In a bad way, I might as well take care of you." Buster lowered its sniper rifle as it got closer to the bridge.
"You embarrassed a bit with your reckless actions. Now my husband is questioning ." Lacus complained to the smaller one.
"...Wasn't my intention."
"Indeed. But that's the thing. We have won the war, and you joined as a combatant, not a civilian. I do hope you know what you are doing." Lacus hinted at sothing that made the younger one gnash her teeth.
"..."
~~~
Marcus brought the wreckage of Freedom to Archangel.
As this was happening, ZAFT raised the white flag. The council's moderate faction, which Siegel Clyne was part of before his death, soon sprang into action as they swiftly caught Patrick Zala and made him stop with his ranting, as he was already planning to sabotage the process of occupation, resisting to the very end.
The disguised Emperor didn't even have a chance to change out of his pilot suit when he needed to attend a eting with the representatives from the PLANTs Supre Council.
He didn't have a long conversation; he kept it short. After all, he would talk with them in their capital colony.
"All I want is for you to disarm. We can talk the rest once my Archangel arrive in Aprilius One."
"Understood, we will wait for you there." The blonde woman on the other side of the screen nodded as the call ended.
Marcus sighed as he stood up and walked towards the locker room. It was ti to change from the suit and into his uniform.
"Do take my son into his room; he is under house arrest." The leader of Earth Alliance said to the soldiers guarding the room.
"Yes, sir."
Kira didn't resist as he was silent the whole ti the soldiers took him out from the wrecked Freedom and into the corridor that led to the crew quarters.
"And tell Captain Ramius to move Archangel towards Aprillius One and begin occupation of PLANTs, they won't resist."
"Understood, sir."
~~~
The massive fleet arrived at the Coordinator's holand.
Marcus observed the colonies closely. This trip was the first ti he was this close to them. He never bothered with them before. But part of him regrets not exploring this place all those years ago, when they were just starting as a faction.
Regardless, as the warship docked in one of the docks, they were greeted by an array of politicians from the moderate faction, which had taken over from the radicals.
It would seem the moderates waited for radicals to flop before arresting them for the incoming Earth Alliance, typical human behaviour.
"It's good to et the famous Marcus Anaheim in person. Let formally introduce myself. I am Eileen Canaver, the current leader of the Moderate faction of the Supre Council of PLANTs or whatever is left." She introduced herself. Marcus doesn't need to be psychic to see that they are nervous.
"Likewise. From what I understand, the Moderate faction used to be led by Siegel Clyne?" Marcus wondered where the man was.
"...Indeed, he was, but Patrick Zala assassinated him not long ago. It was a way to keep us in line." The woman frowned while recalling that.
"I see."
Now Marcus knew why his Lacus had gone to disarm the remaining military: to see the little Lacus.
"Condolences, I did et him a couple of tis, when I was running G.A.R.M."
With that said, they went into the Aprilius One colony and took one of the massive lifts to the rotating colony.
The sight was sothing else, at the very least, the way George Glenn designed these gives an impressive view.
The colonies rotate around the central axis. The shape of the colony is hourglass, so it's like a rotating hourglass, and the land where they can build is at the ends of these glass containers.
George Glenn designed these colonies to be built quickly and with little effort. The very sa style that Marcus is building around Jupiter and Saturn. The colonies that have replaced the SWORD-Class.
"I would like to apologise for not keeping an eye on Patrick Zala and allowing him to build sothing like the Genesis." The blonde woman walked over to Marcus, who was standing and watching the colony he was approaching, as the lift rushed down from the docks.
"That's water under the bridge. Genesis didn't shoot, and it's not my place to speak, as the Earth Alliance did sothing just as stupid.
Thankfully, most of Blue Cosmos people were either hanged or faced the firing squad."
"...That is sothing you are well known for, sir." The woman's lips twitched as she saw the news. Marcus that day made history, he executed so many people that he will get a page in history books just from that single event.
"Oh? Is that so? Well, I got tired of playing babysitter. Imagine I left people to their devices, and then one day I checked the news, and the Earth Alliance launched a nuke into an agricultural colony.
I was speechless to say the least." Marcus shook his head.
"I thought I made myself clear that Blue Cosmos shouldn't exist, but people didn't hear that." He said with a frown.
"You were not the only one who was speechless." The blonde woman comnted, and her fellow politicians slowly nodded.
"No doubt. I didn't intervene until ZAFT blew up Heliopolis, where my two kids were." He pointed that out.
"..."
"Regardless. It's my first ti in a PLANT-type colony. I do have to say the view is impressive." Marcus changed the conversation's the to sothing more pleasant.
~~~
Once in the governnt building, Marcus ended up sitting at the head of the table. Before him was the moderate faction, the only ones left. They were in one of the many available eting rooms.
Patrick Zala's Self Defence Committee was basically gone, the man himself was behind bars and is waiting for his court day, the ex-chairman got accused of constructing a super weapon, utilisation of nuclear technology and a bunch of other things.
He will most likely face the firing squad, as it was basically treason what he did.
"This won't take long," Marcus said to the gathered people.
"First of all, ZAFT will dissolve, and there will be only one military force in the Earth Sphere. That is not negotiable." The disguised Emperor dropped a bombshell as the gathered Coordinators knew what this ant!
He is planning to conquer the world!
"I will be making Earth Federation, a single country, for humanity, not for Naturals or Coordinators or whatever else there is one wants to call himself." Marcus waved his hands as if pushing the nonsense aside.
"Once there is one country, the Earth Federation will focus on one simple goal, and that is colonisation and exploration of space. To achieve that goal, humanity will need to focus on genetic modifications, as space is far too hostile.
That is where PLANTs co to play; this place will be the gateway to space.
I assu that you are all wondering if the council will continue to exist?" He looked at their expressions.
"...Yes, Mr Anaheim, we wonder how much autonomy we will have."
"PLANTs will have their laws and rules; however, Federal rules will overwrite if they clash.
Honestly, as long as there are no internal conflicts and you do your part in humanity's developnt, you can do whatever you want." Marcus casually shrugged.
When the remnant of the council heard that, they sighed in relief! This conclusion was far, far better than they had imagined.
The previous Earth Alliance wouldn't have offered anything like that.
In fact, there wouldn't be any sort of deal to begin with, as they would have destroyed ZAFT and the PLANTs given the chance.
Especially since they had their nukes back.
"Is this acceptable to you, Ms Canaver?" Marcus asked the blonde lady.
"Of course, I am surprised that you even asked us." She slightly chuckled. The PLANTs have no army to resist; whatever he says will happen.
"Hah, I prefer when people love my plans, instead of pretending, my reputation is on the line." He shrugged, joking a bit.
"Then let's get this out of the way. While ZAFT will be gone, we will keep your military companies, though they will work for the Earth Alliance and the Federation. I will make sure these military contracts are properly maintained." The Disguised Emperor comnted as he explained more about how the military would operate.
Losing Coordinators in military production is stupid, especially what they were able to do in less than 10 years.
GINNs, GuAIZs, GCUEs, and then their Gundam series, it's simply a waste of potential.
Marcus set out conditions and prepared a contract, especially for his New Earth Federation creation.
Which will catch the rest of the world by surprise.
~~~
"This place is interesting, I have never been in a PLANT before," Cagalli comnted as she looked around Aprilius One.
"You are right. That is why your father wanted to make sure PLANTs suffer as little as possible when he takes it over." Lacus said to the girl as they were out of their military clothes and in casual ones. They were exploring while Marcus was ironing out the treaties.
The 'occupation', yes 'occupation', as there are no Earth Alliance soldiers anywhere.
They are only in docks and military-related places; for public order, regular ZAFT soldiers handle them.
For now, once the treaties are signed, the military of PLANTs will dissolve and will be absorbed into the Earth Alliance.
"Oh, so he wants these colonies to continue to exist."
"Indeed, your papa is already thinking about humanity's future, even if he won't remain here. It's just how he is. Conqueror and Ruler to the bone." Lacus smiled as she explained, making the Princess smile a bit.
The pair continued to explore.
~~~
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