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And so, all of the heroes of the Earth Sphere had united against the Lunarian menace, the Weathers Jovian assault having ended weeks before. The Lunarians were prepared to destroy Earth from orbit, with an innumerable number of ace pilots floating just above the celestial sphere, led by brigadier admiral Laurent Auclair in his newly refitted Jukon III. The Earth Orbit defense force, made up of a similarly ragtag but powerful group of men and women known as Londo Bell, stood poised to stop them. Anton Vereschagin, spokesperson of the Lunarians elite faction, the Divine Crusaders, walked his MS-09 custom Rick Dom to the fore of the Jukon, pointing his finger at the enemy force. "We have stood for the Earthnoids injustices long enough! In the name of the moon, we shall punish you!" "We're going to stand up to everything you have! Believe it!" shouted Dino Fiddler, his GM Sniper II's visor glinting as the sunlight dipped over the horizon of the planet. Both sides were ready to give it their all, but they were not ready for what was about to become of them. Just then, a dimensional rift opened, a huge, monstrous, rabbit eared mobile armor stepping out of the vortex. It beared the sign of Ming Chou's Neo Zeon. "At last! After ten thousand years I'm free. It's time to conquer Earth!" the newtype voice echoed in everybodies mind. Thought dead, Vladimir Antonov had returned from the fires of destruction after the Neo Zeon battle with Weathers Jupiter Empire. "What?! Who are you!" responded Danyan Jhouti, newtype abilities allowing him to speak directly with Antonov's powerful mind. "Behold, it is I, the Vladimir Antonov, the undefeatable destroyer of worlds! I have even triumphed over the Weathers, and in the time I spent in the dimensional rift that absorbed my Grand Zeong when the Rafflesia Excalibur was destroyed I have become more than anything any of you could possibly hope to attain. This invincible Neo GranZeong is just as much a product of your egos as it is of my technological brilliance! Indeed, even the laws of physics themselves are now subject to my inescapable plannings. Observe as I use the power of this antimatter annihilation engine to cleanly sweep away all of your petty machines and your petty plans, and yes, even your useless planet! You have created this instrument of your own destruction - enjoy it, for it is the finest machine that has ever existed. The endless hatred and spite you have all felt for me is manifested in this Neo GranZeong, and you shall now receive what you justly deserve! My warhead shall not distinguish between riffraff, and you detritus shall be cleansed to make way for a new future for all spacenoids. But please, do not take my word for it! Test your mettle against this indestructible machine - then you shall understand the error of your ways and atone!" It was Jonas Keller who responded first. "Are you done yet?" "Yes." Answered Vladimir. The Neo GranZeong, almost as big as Arcaile Nasr's Salamis class ship, towered between the two sides. However, just as Antonov finished answering, a second dimensional rift opened behind him, a huge, black Rafflesia appearing from the vortex. "You will never defeat me Vladimir! With the use of these DG cells, the Rafflesia Excalimir shall be your undoing! There are none before me who have not been cleaved." The words were none other than that of the true evil in the universe, Marcus Weathers. The Rafflesia chirped and shuddered, disgusting tendrils slithering around it as the machine cells that made up Weathers now artificial body controlled the deadly machine. Two arms burst from either side of the flowery mobile armor, blasting towards the Neo GranZeong as the cells at their tips started spinning around like high speed drills. Both Londo Bell and the Divine Crusaders stopped and watched in awe, the two gods amongst mobile weapons beginning their battle anew. The drill knuckles slammed into the Neo GranZeong, Antonov screaming aloud into everyones minds. However, the tough rabbit eared mobile weapon stayed resolute, thick armor deflecting most of the attack. "You are admirable for making it this far Marcus, but I pursued you through the fires of hell, and my Black Hand defeated you at Mars. I will defeat you again." The Neo GranZeong raised its arms, several dozen MPCs firing towards the Rafflesia Excalimir. However, much like its predescessor, its beam barrier absorbed the majority of the attack. "It will take more than that to defeat me, Vladimir. I am Marcus Weathers, the sword of Jupiter!" Weathers yelled, the Rafflesia Excalimir charging straight at the Neo GranZeong. Thousands of tentacles sprang out of its hull, each activating a mobile suit sized beam saber at the tip. Spinning in a fierce circle, it tore into the Neo GranZeong with enough ferocity to bust a colony. "As I said before, there are none before me who have not been cleaved." Marcus repeated, stopping the Excalimir just after the sparking hull of the Zeonic mobile weapon. There was silence for a few seconds, and both the Divine Crusaders and the Londo Bell thought Antonov's threat was over, but then suddenly the Neo GranZeong turned around. "Shukutaihou! Fire!" Antonov yelled psychically, the chest of his mobile weapon opening up. A small, impossibly black spark shot forth from the Neo GranZeong, the miniature black hole going straight through the Rafflesia Excalimir. Marcus was killed instantly, his mobile armor being absorbed into the darkness faster than the best Gundam Fighters eyes could track. "Marcus always was fond of a deus ex machina, anticlimactic ending." Antonov grinned. He turned his mobile armor towards the Earth and prepared to fire the degenerative cannon again, but then a red light flashed in his viewscreen. The cannon had to recharge, only having enough energy to fire once every two minutes. In a blatant disregard for continuity, Cervantes Zuhr yelled to everyone. "We must stop Vlad before we continue our fight! Let Londo Bell and Divine Crusader work together against this common evil. We have two minutes to defeat this menace!" Everyone agreed, and at this moment the fight began. A half a dozen mobile suits charged the Neo GranZeong, which let loose a torrential barrage of mega particle fire. Hector Lagrama, Daren Sanders, John Church and Matthew Basar were all killed instantly. Jennifer Morales shot forward inside the Neo GranZeongs beam barrier, her Gouf Customs own anti beam coating protecting her from the majority fo the weapons fire. However, machinegun shells rang out from the Zeongs face, heavy 110mm shells bursting through Morales' cockpit and killing her. The Braw Bro and GM Juggler swerved around the beams, coming up on Vladimir from either side, Danyan Jhouti and Felix Mandalshon letting out their own beam fire. Vladimir responded, the Neo GranZeongs two arms detaching and speeding at the two newtypes just as their remote weapons failed, the GranZeongs anti-funnel equipment still in place. Both claw arms found their marks, destroying the experimental mobile weapons. "Torpedo tubes three through sixteen, fire at will!" Auclair yelled, looking spectacularly French standing on his bridge. The Jukon Space Type fired a cloud of missiles, but Antonov responded, the Neo GranZeong teleporting through one of the Jovians own dimensional rifts. Coming up behind the carrier, the Zeong let loose, MPC fire completely destroying the prototype Jukon III just as its missiles slammed into Londo Bell, killing Ion Bossa-Nova and Cherish Woods accidentally. Laurents only thoughts were to his girlfriend, and how he never did get a chance to fuck her as a gash opened in his Jukon, his body being sucked out to the vacuum of space. "ARES! Assemble!" yelled Jonas Keller, he and his fellow pilots forming a V formation as they flew towards the mobile armor to attack with hand to hand weaporny. Antonov grinned, closing his eyes and letting his mind lash out against the Rogue mobile suits psychically. Hudson Kyle, Ardan Massenfer, and Matt McEvoy's brains became vegetables instantly, their mobile suits ceasing to contain any sort of life, but the newtype revolutionary Jonas Keller was unharmed, his Zaku speeding straight for the Neo GranZeongs chest. Lashing his chain mine around the space just below the dimensional cannon, Keller grinned as the explosions went off one by one, significantly damaging the mobile armor. Just then the head moved down, machinegunes firing at Kellers Zaku II, which dodged away barely. "What? The cockpit is in the head?!" Keller responded, dodging for a few seconds before stray shells hit him. Outside the beam barrier now, the Neo GranZeong let loose, destroying his mobile weapon. Anton Vereschagin, Darius Carver and Ross Howe attacked next, Howe and Carver fanning out to the right and left, firing their giant bazookas at the GranZeong. Vladimir brought the mobile weapons monstrous arms up to deflect, but as he did Vereschagin slipped inside the beam barrier, pointing his fully charged beam bazooka at the Zeongs face. "Silvermoon crystal power kiss!" yelled Verschagin, but before he could pull the trigger he was slain, Dino Fiddlers beam saber piercing straight through the mans heart. "Haw haw I really am a traitor!" Fiddler laughed. He grabbed ahold of Vereschagins beam bazooka, but before he could make the killing blow the GranZeong wound up a massive kick, punting the GM Sniper II straight into the earth, causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. Altecha Chan and Arcaile Nasr drove their ships towards the behemoth mobile weapon, the two Salamis class vessels firing everything they had at the monstrosity. Vladimir responded in kind, blasting the Neo GranZeong at the Earth Federation ships at full speed. The mobile armor slammed through one Salamis, ramming it in two, and then through the second, Vladimir laughing as the two ships exploded like paper dolls. Andrew Vinsko, Nolan Harkin and Cervantes Zuhr erupted out of the explosions, the two high speed mobile suits trying to make a break for the Zeongs head while Vinsko moved in from below. Missiles shot out of the Zeong, tracking the three mobile weapons despite M particle interference. Zuhr and Vinsko were caught and killed, Harkin's GM losing a leg and drifting in front of the Mobile Armor. Antonov laughed, wondering if he should leave his prey a bit of mercy. "Is there one reason why I shouldn't kill you, you pathetic, snivelling wretch?" "Because I have an eyepatch?" responded Harkin. Antonov was puzzled, but distracted as a howitzer round slammed into the Zeongs back. Turning around he spied Susan Steel and Mujib Mohammad Shahryar, the Xamel standing on top of the Apsaras II's massive girth. The Zeong charged forward, taking missiles to the chest as it powered its MPCs to melt the offending mobile armor. The Apsaras fired its main cannon, the beam barrier blocking the shot but the force of the blast pushing the Neo GranZeong off course. The mega particles from the Apsaras's cannon splattered off the edges of the barrier, stray particles catching and killing Eugene Rice-Ionesco. Antonov growled, another howitzer round destroying part of the Neo GranZeongs shoulder. His second barrage of fire did not miss, the Apsaras and Xamel going up like so much scrap metal. The next opponents came in the form of the Efreet Custom and GM Blue Destiny, the two EXAM powered mobile weapons swerving between each other, dancing like they wanted to win. They were instantly in close range, spinning in circles and kicking the Neo GranZeon in the chest in unison, the two weapons synchronized to an incredible degree. The huge behemoth weapon was knocked back, and the EXAM units shot above it, but before they could deliver a dropkick to finish the battle the Zeongs MPCs rang out again, destroying both weapons. Gaining his bearings, Vladimir found a firing line before him. Tobias Kendrick Obrien, Cameron Sune, Kalila Darwesh, Edward Night, Berthold Stulinger and Bishop Kratos stood in front of the Zeong in a line, each unit shouldering a bazooka. They fired round after round, the Zeong shuddering as explosive shells tore up its armor further. Antonov shot one of his units remote guided arms out towards the firing line, MPCs erupting from it even as it flew. Tobias, Berthold and Kratos were killed as mega particles caught their units, Darwesh and Night dodging away. The arm flew straight at Sune, who stood still in his GM cannon, 180mm cannon ringing against the monstrous hand as it flew. "I pilot a GM Cannon! I make the impossible possible!" yelled Sune as the arm shot towards him. The two masses connected in a gigantic explosion, Sune's mobile suit going up in flames. However, the Zeongs arm exploded as well, the Neo GranZeong now noticably damaged from the onslaught of the Divine Crusaders and Londo Bell. Turning and facing the Earth, Antonov was facing the last remaining defenders from the moon and Earth. Nolan Harkin, David Renault, Candice Ro, Charles Freely, Steve Myer, Edward Night and Kalila Darwesh stood ready to defend the blue sphere. The one armed mobile armor, having killed thirty of the worlds best soldiers, was more than capable of destroying the rest of them one armed. The two sides charged each other anew, MPCs still blazing from Antonovs one armed machine. David Renault and Charles Freely dodged expertly, but were caught under the blaze, their weapons destroyed outright. Steve Myer shot up above the GranZeong, going for the head as the 110mm machineguns rang out, destroying his Zaku. Candice Ro shot out through the resulting explosion, blocking the final 110mm rounds with her shield. Her GM E grabbed its beam saber and thrust it towards the Zeongs cockpit. However, the weapons head shot off, the Zeongs rabbit eared head flipping behind Candice's GM. She turned her weapon around, following it and prepared to deliver the killshot when the Neo GranZeongs body fired MPCs at her GM E, destroying it. "Never turn your back on a newtypes mobile weapon!" Vladimir laughed, the Neo GranZeongs one armed body docking with its rabbit eared head. Only Kalila Darwesh, Nolan Harkin and Edward Night were left. Firing its last salvo of missiles, the Zeong attempted to take the rest of the Earths defenders out of the sky as Antonov looked at the timer on his degenerative cannon. Only four seconds remained. The three defenders dodged the missiles as best they could, but Night's Gouf exploded as several warheads caught it. Kalila blocked the remaining missiles with her Goufs shield, swinging her heat rod out towards the Zeongs face. Antonov caught the whip with the Zeongs remaining arm, spinning Darwesh's Gouf around in a circle even as the rod cut through the thick metal of the Zeongs hand. Throwing her into the Earths atmosphere, Darwesh's Gouf burnt up almost instantly, killing her. Harkin dodged expertly for a one eyed pilot piloting a one legged GM Light Armor, but one missile caught the GMLE's head, destroying it. Now only able to see his enemy by the scope on his machinegun, he was barely able to defend the Earth from the Neo GranZeong. "Ho ho. You're going to fight this Neo GranZeong with that pathetic toy of yours? Really? You truly are a joke. The entire justification of the existence of everyone else, the total summation of their will to live, amounted to one arm off my machine, and even then that damage is superficial - it will repair itself soon enough. Even the densest mind could understand that this is a completely hopeless situation. Do you have -any- idea how many ways I could annihilate you right now? The veritable symphony of machine guns, mega cannons, missiles, beam emitters, and even raw physical force itself. And yet, here you are, barely even alive in the first place, while I am nigh-unharmed. But, far be it from me to criticize your decision! I will be more than happy to assist your suicide - you can die along with Earth! Or, if you simply -cannot- wait for me to erase your useless presence from the footnotes of history, why don't you just fly into this beam saber and be done with it. Make sure you give my regards to Marcus, you blithering idiot. Vladimir grinned, however his smile was cut short, as a golden Mobile Fighter soared over the Earths horizen, riding a shining white, mobile horse, the gold weapon carrying the reins as for no reason whatsoever Trombe! began to play. "You will not harm the Earth Vladimir Antonov! I, Ketara Elschitan, shall show you what true manliness is made of! Come James, the Psyning and Valsaiki shall defeat the Neo GranZeong!" Gundam Fighter Ketara Elschitan and his coach James Amundsun, piloting the Psyning and Valsaiki, charged towards Vladimir and his evil mobile armor, powered by the forces of truth, justice, and manliness. Psyning took its sword, which grew ridiculously large in its hand, and Ketara yelled out as the two men rode past the Zeonic mobile weapon. "THIS HAND OF MINE IS BURNING RED, ITS LOUD ROAR TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU! AKASHIC BUSTER!" The Psyning cut the Neo GranZeong in two with its sword, it exploding and killing Vladimir just before he could fire the degenerative cannon. Amundsun looked back at Nolan Harkin and his GM Light Armor, smiling behind deep set blue sunglasses that flashed in the last specks of sunlight. He held up a V sign with one hand, uttering the mantra that had taught his student proud. "Real men ride each other." 1st place - Nolan Harkin, 7 VP gained 2nd place - Kalila Darwesh, 6 VP gained 3rd place - Edward Night, 5 VP gained Danyan Jhouti, 4 VP gained Dino Fiddler, 5 VP gained Arcaile Nasr, 5 VP gained Emmanuel Salazar, 5 VP gained Hector Lagrama, 4 VP gained Altecha Chan, 5 VP gained David Renault, 4 VP gained Cherish Woods, 4 VP gained Daren Sanders, 5 VP gained Tobias Kendrick Obrien, 4 VP gained Emmanuel Salazar, 5 VP gained Candice Ro, 5 VP gained Cameron Sune, 4 VP gained Ion Bossa-Nova, 4 VP gained Charles Freely, 5 VP gained Steve Myer, 5 VP gained Bishop Kratos, 5 VP gained Eric Kyrion, 4 VP gained John Church, 4 VP gained Ross Howe, 4 VP gained Mujib Mohammad Shahryar, 4 VP gained Susan Steel, 5 VP gained Jennifer Morales, 4 VP gained Cervantes Zuhr, 5 VP gained Darius Carver, 4 VP gained Andrew Vinsko, 4 VP gained Anton Vereschagin, 4 VP gained Laurent Auclair, 5 VP gained Felix Mandalshon, 5 VP gained Berthold Stulinger, 4 VP gained Matthew Basar, 5 VP gained Eugene Rice-Ionesco, 4 VP gained Hudson Kyle, 5 VP gained Jonas Keller, 5 VP gained Ardan Massenfer, 5 VP gained Matt McEvoy, 5 VP gained |