37The 08th MS Team in the Cosmic Era
Summary: What if Ghinias Sahalin developed another weapon aside from the Apsalus, and he unleashed it on his sister Aina and the Kojima Battalion's 08th MS Team, bringing them to another time? This is a chronicle of their adventures in the Cosmic Era. (GSDxMSG: The 08th MS Team crossover, loosely following Destiny).
Disclaimer: I don't own Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team nor Gundam Seed Destiny (obviously!) I do own the twists I will put here, though (Hehehehehe!)
Dedication: This is for my good friend and fellow writer JC Domingo, better known here in as JC-zala. And as always, this is also dedicated to Odessa Belle Balderama. Dedey, as always, this one's for u!
Prologue: The Shuddering Mountain
UC 0079, in a Zeon research facility in Southeast Asia.
"If this is the way me and Aina are going to die, I guess this is a good way to do it." Second Lieutenant Shiro Amada thought. He is inside his RX-79 (G) Ez-8 Gundam, with his lover, Aina Sahalin. The Ez-8 has sustained considerable damage from a previous encounter with a Gouf Custom suit earlier. Then, when the Apsalus III mobile armor appeared, and it destroys several GM's from the 02nd and 03rd MS Teams. And then Aina fell from the cockpit of the monster mobile armor, shot by her own brother, Ghinias.
Shiro felt someone clutch his left arm. It was Aina, and she was waking up. "Shiro…live. For both of us."
"Its okay; I'm here. We must stop your brother, or a lot of good people will die." Shiro said. He then thought about his subordinates, like Terry, the guy known as the Reaper, the man he saved from a Zaku prototype piloted by Aina, and now one of his staunchest friends; and Karen, his abrasive XO, the widow of a military doctor, who now has to kill him because of his desertion; Eledore, the hover truck driver who is not without his earphones to listen to music; and Michel, who writes everyday to his beloved B.B.; and Aina. He has to do it, or die trying.
Suddenly, Ghinias Sahalin opened up on his comm. "So, you are the lover of my sister; I can't believe that she would fall in love with a Fed. Well, since she betrayed me and Zeon with her act, you and your comrades should die!" And with that, he powered up the Apsalus' mega particle cannon.
The shot never came. Fire come from the other teams of the Kojima Battalion struck the Apsalus, damaging the mobile armor. And then, a stray shot struck the cannon, damaging it. Sparks flew from the cockpit consoles, shocking Ghinias.
Meanwhile, on a Big Tray land battleship, Captain Ethan Ryder orders Master Sergeant Joshua to take down the Ez-8. She hesitates, and just as well, as Ghinias manages to reactivate the Apsalus, which had shut down after the cannon was damaged, and then took out the land battleship, killing all aboard. That shot, though, finally destroyed the cannon.
Ghinias then contacted Shiro and Aina on the Ez-8's comm. "Well, it seems that the Apsalus will go down. I will activate the other super weapon I developed… the Chronosphere! With this weapon, I can teleport anything to other worlds, thereby making you disappear! Engaging Chronosphere…now!"
On the hover truck, Corporal Eledore Massis heard the energy source readout alarm. "Oh shit, high energy readings coming from the mountain! And it's raising to levels beyond the detection values of the device!" On the truck, Corporal Michel Ninorich and Kiki Rosita, the young guerilla who had a crush on the Lieutenant, looks on the consoles of the truck, worry etched on their faces.
On the summit of the mountain, the Ez-8 and the Apsalus are still there. And then Shiro punched the Apsalus' open cockpit in fury, and gripped Ghinias tight. Ghinias then utters, "Sayonara, bastards!" and dies. The Apsalus, with no pilot, crashes to the ground, powerless.
Shirohen realizes that Aina is with him. "I'm sorry, Aina." "Its okay… but we need to save everyone from the Chronosphere." Aina replied. And Shiro realizes that the others are still in danger, as he saw the two RX-79 (G)'s and the hover truck coming after him. "Get back! I say again get back!" Shiro shouted on his team tactical net.
Too late. The Chronosphere, fully powered up, unleashed its power, engulfing the mountain, as the last thing Shiro and Aina saw was a bright blue light, then darkness.
Author's note
You know me as the author of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Cosmic Era Chronicles. This is my second fic, and as the title suggest, it's a crossover between Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team and GSD. It seems that there is a dearth of crossovers between GSD and the Gundam UC series, thus this. Chapter one of this will be next, and it will be entitled, "Same Place, Wrong Time." This will part of a four-part "arc" that will culminate in the 08th joining in the attack on the orphanage where Kira and Lacus are staying. In the succeeding chapters some of the Junk Guild techs, like Lowe, Kisato, Liam and Canard will make their appearance, and Canard will be a major character in the story (Wow, imagine that,Kira and Cagalli will finally meet their older bro!)Well then, until next time, kiddies! Rock on and Sieg Zeon! Live Long and Prosper!