GENESIS' second attack cripples the Earth Alliance's reinforcements and destroys their Ptolemaeus lunar base. The Three Ships Alliance save the PLANTs from the second wave of nukes. Mu fights Rau in the ZGMF-X13A Providence while Kira and Athrun fight the Forbidden, Raider, and Calamity. The final attack by the Earth Forces on the PLANTs fails. On the Dominion, Muruta orders the crew to fire at the Archangel which has stopped to recover a wounded Mu. Flay attempts to warn the Archangel prompting Muruta to physically attack her and attempt to shoot her. Natarle attempts to stop Muruta and struggles with him over his gun. She tells the crew to abandon ship. In the struggle with Muruta, she is shot and then locks the bridge to prevent Muruta from escaping. Muruta fires on the Archangel, but Mu sacrifies himself to protect the ship. In response, the Archangel destroys the Dominion killing Muruta and Natarle.