Grey War Saga 1: Twilight of Innocence by Marcus Johnson Page B

said.
    “Why don’t you
carry a rifle or something?” Mira asked.
    “It’s because
the Aegis’s system wasn’t made for that,” Valis said.
    “Defense is my
game,” Celi added. “The theory is I can’t waste any energy on offense. That’s
what the Artemis and Gemini are for.” When the Greys put some pressure on them
she increased the shields to compensate. “See what I mean?”
    Behind them, the
Mjolnir and thousands of mobile suits and mobile armors formed a line to keep
the five linked with the main force. Seles smiled when she saw the Mjolnir cut
its way through a carrier with its sword and cannon. The mobile suit quickly
moved to join the others before it was swallowed up in the mass of Grey ships. That’s
it Meldi. Seles thought while firing at the enemy. The Maidens and the
mobile weapons behind them had cleared a path to the first planet killer when
they detected an energy surge coming from the massive ship.
    “That’s our
queue,” Valis said. “Seles, everyone will follow your lead to the target
point.”
    “I’m on it,”
Seles said.
    The Artemis took
the lead with its arrow system charging. Next to it the Gemini split into two
and slashed its way through any incoming enemy vessels. Behind them the Aegis,
Minerva, and Siren flew. Any enemy coming near the five was either disabled or
destroyed by its own reflected attack from of the Aegis’s shield. The mobile
weapons led by the Mjolnir kept with them to prevent them from getting cut off.
When they reached the edge of the planet killer’s shields the advance stopped
while the Artemis shifted its reflector plates into power position. Seles fired
five successive arrows. All of the others within range joined the barrage to
open a hole to the surface of the planet killer. As soon as the shields
weakened everyone retreated to clear the way for the bases to fire. The five snapped
out of their berserk and return to normal to save some energy for the second
wave. After thousands of mobile suits flew out of the way the eight bases and
the five main ships fired their Hades cannons. Beams of light hundreds of ketres long slammed into the planet killer one after another. As its shields were
drained its ability to attack went as well. After a few minutes of the barrage
the massive ship was filled with explosions. When it looked like it was limping
away the bases of Heaven’s Light fired a series of nuclear missiles. The planet
killer went dead moments afterwards. The eight bases stopped glowing and were
forced to return to normal while the second planet killer moved away with the
remaining five thousand carriers. Both the Shandi and Heaven’s Light fleets
took the opportunity to regroup.
    “Looks like it
worked,” Seles said.
    “It’s a bit
early to pat ourselves on the back,” Kivi said.
    “You sound like
a cranky old lady,” Mira said.
    “She’s right you
know,” Celi said.
    Valis laughed.
“I have to agree with them.”
    Kivi sighed.
“Sorry to be a song killer.”
    “So what’s the
plan now?” Seles asked.
    “We unloaded
everything we had with that attack,” Mira said. “Hopefully we have enough for a
second wind.”
    “I wanted us to
save a little for the next phase,” Valis said. “With the help of the Shandi we
should be able to corner the other planet killer and destroy it. The plan all
hinges on whether or not our allies have anything left.”
     
    * *
*
     
    When the battle
went quiet and the two sides regrouped Trai Gor took the opportunity to contact
his forces on the homeworld.
    “To all
available ships, use this opportunity to get as many of our citizens off planet
as you can,” he ordered.
    “Yes sir,” his
subordinates responded.
    He switched the
com to talk with the Siberia base. Shiken Ka appeared on the other side of the
video.
    “It’s good to
see you’re alive,” Shiken said.
    “You as well,”
Trai Gor said. “But our time may be near.”
    “What makes you
say that?” Shiken asked.
    “Our