[FFML] [Einhander] [Epilogue] Phases of the Moon part 4 : Black Moon

There was a time, in the era of great chaos, when the earth and
the moon were at war with each other. A daredevil from the moon piloted
a bizarre aircraft... it was feared and, because of its shape, called
"Einh�nder"

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Phases of the Moon part 4

Epilogue

Black Moon

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An Einh�nder fanfic by Snapdragon

Snapdragon@videotron.ca

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Excerpt from the Lunar Chronicles, December 17, 2245, Front
Page :

'LUNAR HEROES MISSING AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK.'

Which was followed by a long article that included pictures,
quotes from various interviews, and an official apology from the
minister of Defence on the loss of such great persons.

But, for some reason, there was no connection with the 'EOS bug'
story that had garnished the newspapers the day just before. Not even
speculations on the subject...

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[Music: Einh�nder - 09 - Silence]

Adam Jones was a journalist. Unfortunately, he was one of those
nearly unknown writers that do small, unimportant articles, and that
nobody outside the press knows.

Adam had a dream. He wanted to have his name on the front page.
Even if only once. He wanted to be sure that he had done something
important in his life before he died. That was why he was here now.

'Here' was actually a military-restricted zone where, judging
from reports handed by a friend in the army, the largest amount of
ships had been destroyed during the 'EOS bug crisis'.

He, like many of his comrades in the newspaper buisness, didn't
believe the story the military had told them one bit. It reeked cover-
up like nothing else before. Adam wanted to prove that they were right.

So he was travelling in a sea of scrap metal, zigzaguing around
EOS carcasses for something, anything he could write about.

It seemed that the gods were listening to him today, for after
looking around for five, he finally found something that was out of
place.

It was a ship's right wing, one that had likely been ripped off.
However, it carried a message that was all too important.

'Endymion FRS Mk. III' was written on it in bright red letters.

Because of the massive media coverage the lunar heroes had
gotten, everyone on the moon knew their names and the names of their
ships.

The question was : How could that ship have been there ?

Adam had a few contacts in the army, and he knew from one of them
that the heroes' ships were to have the EOS program installed into
them, but not for another week or so.

A phonecall later, he confirmed it. The Einh�nders weren't due
for anything until the 22, which was five days from now. There was no
way that they could have gotten infected by the so-called bug.

His journalist's instinct kicked in fully, and he got back to
searching around for clues.

One thing was sure : The military WAS hiding something.

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[Music: Einh�nder - 05 - Ruins]

The air was stale and full of smoke, but that could be expected
from the cockpit of a crashed aircraft. There were traces of a fire
near the back, but these were unimportant.

What was important was the man in the middle of the cockpit, bent
toward the control panels.

He was important because EOS don't have pilots.

Unfortunately, the man was dead. The crack of his helmet and the
dried blood confirmed this. If he had been lucky, the blow that broke
through his helmet had been fatal. If he had not... Dying from
bloodloss was an horrible way to die. Adam did not know who this man
was, as the bloodied helmet covered most of the face from analysis, and
had proven impossible to remove.

A quick search in the cockpit revealed nothing out of the
ordinary, and the crash was undeniably due to the loss of the right
wing. But why was that unknown man here ?

Adam shuffled around the ship, knowing he was missing something.
What was this man hiding ?

Then it hit him. Normally, when you die from a crash, your arms
hang limply on the side. But not this man. His arms were in front of
him, as if he was hugging something protectively.

And he was.

Adam extracted from the man's hands a case, which had been
cracked by the impact. The disk inside had survived the shock, and
seconds later was being read by Adam's portable computer.

Inside were dozens of videos, and a text file, which said :

'May god forgive me, for I have sinned...

I have been made a hero for committing acts of destruction which
should never have been. The propaganda lied to the people of the moon.
The Earth is no paradise, just a war-scarred wasteland like our planet.
That is why we heroes will rebel today. We want to be remebered for
something else than slaughtering the people of the Earth. Hopefully,
the war will stop if we take out the EOS.

To the one who reads this, please make it public. I prefer being
a rightful traitor than an evil hero.

Michael Smith - 16/12/45'

As Adam started to view the videos, he smiled to himself... He
basically OWNED the front page now...

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End of Chapter Four - Epilogue - Black Moon

End of the Phases of the Moon

Author's Notes : It took a while, but it's finally over. First fanfic I
ever finshed. Thank you for having read it till the end. Now I'm going
back into Sagas of Another World.

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Snapdragon / Thierry Chartrand Chamblay
http://www.angelfire.com/games2/angelsnapdragon/

-Never open Pandora's Box, for it shall send the worst of all evils unto the world : HOPE !