Ultimate Ace

Summary: Durandal has had enough of Takeshi interfering with his plans, so he sends Shinn, Rey and Luna to subdue him for good. However, it appears Gil has gotten an unlucky streak, since things aren’t quite going as well as he thought they would…

Rating: M for some MAJOR violence and some minor swearing, which may ramp up as Gil’s anger begins to boil. A few others will have potty mouths as well.

Type of story: Multi-Chapter, starting with prologue and intended to end with 15 chapters, not counting this prologue.

Disclaimer: Gundam SEED Destiny belongs to Sunrise and Sotsu Agency.

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“DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT ALL! THAT SON OF A BITCH IS RUINING MY PLANS!”

Gilbert Durandal was pissed…VERY pissed; and for good reason, too.

First of all, in the middle of the battle for ORB, a black mobile suit had snuck its way into the fight, causing heavy losses on ZAFT’s end, and heavy damage to their best units: The Impulse, Destiny and Legend. The only good things that came of it are that the EA had lost Lord Djibril, and that ORB lost the Seirans; the worst things to have happened are that Athrun rejoined the Clyne Faction – or as it was now called, Terminal, along with Cagalli, who had left someone else behind to take over, breaking Athha tradition. Second of all, that same mobile suit had interfered with Operation Angel Down a couple of months back, and prevented the defeat of the Freedom. And third of all – you guessed it - that same mobile suit is wiping out the defense line that’s stationed around the Requiem right now.

Things just weren’t going as he planned.

Gilbert slammed his fists onto the table again.

How did the pilot of that black mobile suit get word of Operation Angel Down? Barring Athrun, was there a traitor in the ZAFT ranks? Did the pilot himself sneak into the briefing room unnoticed?

He slammed his fists onto the table yet again, leaving visible dents.

Damnit…DAMNIT ALL!

His anger took the opportunity to surge. He wanted that pilot dead, no matter the cost, even if it ended up getting the Destiny Gundam destroyed, and its pilot killed in the process. Activating the intercom, he shouted,

“BRING SHINN, REY AND LUNAMARIA TO MY OFFICE NOW!”

The aforementioned pilots lined up in a horizontal line in front of Durandal's table.

"Yes sir?" they said at the same time.

"You know what it's about." Gilbert spoke, having calmed down somewhat.

The three fell into silence. They knew exactly what he was talking about.

"That black mobile suit?" Shinn said.

"Yes. For ZAFT's future to be bright, that monstrosity must be abolished at once." Gilbert said.

"But you saw what it did to us out there! It's impossible to defeat that thing!" Luna shouted.

"SO YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MANKIND!?" Gilbert screamed in retaliation. "IT'S ALL MOOT IF IT SURVIVES TO THE END, BECAUSE WE'LL ALL BE DESTROYED!"

Luna fell silent.

"It's pointless to continue fighting in the war if PLANT gets wiped out by it, so we might as well try." Rey said stoically.

Gilbert loosened up after hearing his words.

"...You launch in one hour. Good luck." was all he said.

And with that they departed.

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Author’s Notes: This is short, but it’s not even the actual story yet, so bear with me. To all of you who don’t know who Takeshi is, he’s one of my OCs. Please don’t flame. Bye, and read and review.