Konnichiwa Minna-san! Like I said, I'm back with another Gundam 00 Fic! This is an aftermath of the first season, and I know, it's long overdue. But hey, good things come to those who wait. This will start at the end of episode twenty-three and end when I decide to end it and it will focus around Tieria but the other Meisters will be in it as well. And I guess it can be considered a prequel to Frozen Airspace. So I'll shut up now and let you get started.

Disclaimer: I, Ex-Shark-Virtue-005, do not own Gundam 00, or the characters, Veda's just granting me permission to have fun with them for the time being.

Happy Reading!


Chapter one: Sickening Occurrences

"Lockon, Lockon…Lockon, Lockon…"

Tieria's eyes snapped opened as the panicked Haro unit called out to his partner. He knew that the small robot's chant was not a good sign and the nausea that Tieria had been suffering from since Lockon had been injured worsened ten-fold. /No…/ He thought as he tried to keep his stomach's contents where they belonged just for a while longer, /No…it can't be…/ The tears started to well up in his eyes, /No…Lockon…/

"It can't be!" He cried.

"Tieria, Allelujah, Setsuna, we're falling back for now." Sumeragi called.

Tieria did not respond but he followed orders. He felt extremely sick and he needed to try to resist the urge to vomit until he got back to the Ptolemaios. As he made his way back to the Ptolemaios his sadness turned to rage, /This is Setsuna's fault/ he thought trying to distract himself from the sick feeling in his stomach, /If he didn't go to the surface, Lockon wouldn't have…/ He docked and as he left his Gundam, a sharp pain ripped through his left side and he felt his stomach contents surge to the back of his throat. He hurried out of the container and whipped off his helmet. He then went over to the nearest garbage compactor and threw up.

"Tieria!" Ian called as he hurried over to the boy, "Are you alright?"

Tieria shook his head as the coughing and dry-heaving caused pain to shoot through his side making he feel sicker.

Ian sighed, "You're still not feeling very well, are you?" he said as he rubbed Tieria's back and held the boy's purple hair away from his face as the boy's stomach rejected anything that was in it, "I don't blame you one bit kid. Go to your room and lie down for a bit, I'll head to the briefing room and tell Sumeragi that you were feeling sick again."

"No," Tieria finally muttered as he wiped his mouth on the back of his hand, "I'll be alright. There's something I need to do."

"But Tieria," Ian said, "You really don't look so hot right now. You're sick, don't worry about it just go lie down until you're feeling better."

"I'll be alright," Tieria said as he straightened up, grabbed his helmet and walked from the room.

Ian sighed as he too walked from the room, "What are we going to do with that boy?"


When Tieria entered the briefing room Setsuna was already there, causing his rage as well as the nausea that he still felt to increase.

"You bastard!" He yelled as he slammed the smaller boy against the wall despite the pain in his side.

Setsuna allowed Tieria to slam him into the wall and he didn't bother fighting the other Meister. He knew that Tieria and Lockon were rather close and the Tieria had been against the idea of his return to the surface to confirm the information on the GN-X units. So he decided to take whatever the purple haired Meister did to him with a straight face. But as Setsuna looked the seething Meister in the eyes he noticed something, Tieria was unusually pale. Tieria had relatively fair skin but Tieria's face was extremely wan. Setsuna also took note of the dark circles under Tieria's uncharacteristically glossy and bloodshot garnet eyes. /He doesn't look well.../ Setsuna thought.

"Because you had to go down to the surface our forces were critically divided!" Tieria yelled. He could feel the tears welling up again as he ignored Ian's pleas to 'take it easy', "Answer me! Why did he have to die? Why did he…have-" Before he could finish the question he was being spun around then slapped in the face.

"Our enemy is still out there!" Sumeragi said sternly, "If you have time to cry and complain, you should be helping!"

Tieria sighed as the sick feeling began to increase again. He then walked towards the door clutching his stomach.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Sumeragi asked.

"To lie down for a while," Tieria said softly trying to suppress the tears, "I'm really not feeling well."

Sumeragi sighed. She knew that Tieria wasn't one to lie about how he felt, but they still had matters do discuss, "Tieria," She called as the boy left the room, "Come back here!"

"Just let him go Sumeragi," Ian said, "Tieria's not lying. He was throwing up a few minutes ago, so he must still be feeling really sick right now. I tried to get him to go lie down but he wouldn't have it."

/Thank you Ian/ Tieria thought as he moved his hand to his now throbbing side. The churning in his stomach was beginning to get worse and he walked over to the nearest trash compactor just to be safe.

"Tieria!" Tieria looked over and saw Allelujah approaching him, "Why aren't you in the briefing room?"

"I'm...going to be sick..." He murmured as he clamped his hand to his mouth and was sick again.

Allelujah hurried over to aid the smaller Meister, "Take it easy," He said as he pulled Tieria's hair from his face and rubbed his back. When Tieria was finished, Allelujah removed one of his gloves and placed his hand on the other Meister's forehead, "I think you're feverish Tieria. You feel kinda warm to me. Do you want me to escort you back to your room?"

"No," Tieria said as he pulled away from the taller Meister, "I'll be alright."

"Are you sure?" Allelujah asked as he steadied Tieria a bit, "You seem really sick, Tieria."

"I'll be alright," Tieria said as he turned away from Allelujah and walked off, "Hurry to the briefing room, Sumeragi's waiting."

Allelujah nodded then headed in the opposite direction. He sighed /I'm worried about him/ He thought, /He's been feeling sick since Lockon was injured, I hope he's okay/

/Oi Allelujah I have a theory about why Tieria's feeling sick/

/Hallelujah, leave Tieria alone, he's ill because he's upset/ Allelujah responded, /He's not used to the emotions he's feeling at the moment/

/I don't think it's that/ Hallelujah said, /I think it's because Tieria's secretly a girl/

/What!/ Allelujah exclaimed, /Where the hell did you come up with that one? Hallelujah you know that Tieria is male/

/ How do you know?/ Hallelujah asked, /For all we know, he could really be a she. Well, at least that's what I think. I mean why else would he wear pink and yellow all the time? I think the reason why Tieria's been feeling so sick lately is because he's secretly a girl and was knocked up by Lockon/

/That has to be the most ridiculous thing you've ever come up with/ Allelujah responded, /Tieria, while he is rather feminine, is one hundred percent male therefore there is no way in hell that he can be pregnant/

/Well we all have our theories about him and that's mine/ Hallelujah said.

/Just drop it/ Allelujah said as he entered the briefing room.

/Fine, have it your way/


After Allelujah walked away Tieria took several steps then doubled over in pain. /I can't fight in this condition/ he thought as he clutched his side, /I have to do something about this…/ He leaned up against the wall for support then made his way up to the medical bay.


Joyce Moreno was rather surprised when a very pallid Tieria slowly walked into the medical room. Tieria almost never sought medical attention on his own. The few times that Joyce had seen Tieria for some type of medical treatment he had been accompanied be either Sumeragi or Lockon. If Tieria had come for medical treatment on his own, whatever was ailing the boy had to be rather severe.

"Tieria," he said, "What brings you here?"

"How long will it take for broken ribs to heal?" Tieria asked softly.

"Up to two weeks depending on the severity of the breaks," Joyce answered.

Tieria sighed, "I don't have that much time," He said as he placed his hand to his side and winced.

"Tieria," Joyce said as he noticed just how awful the boy looked, "Are you injured?"

"I think I might have broken a rib in the last battle," Tieria said.

"Take off the top of your flight suit," Joyce said, "And I'll check."

Tieria unzipped the top of his flight suit and winced as he slowly took it off. He then got on one of the medical beds. The capsule closed and the lasers scanned his upper body.

Joyce looked at the data that the computer was displaying, "Yep, you've got two fractured ribs," he said as something else caught his attention, "Tieria, are you feeling alright?" The computer was indicating that Tieria had been sick a few times and that he was feverish.

"No," Tieria muttered, "I'm not feeling well at all."

"I was just wondering because you have a fever," Joyce said, "It's not very high but it's still a fever."

"Allelujah told me that my forehead was warm," Tieria said, "But then again, his hands felt rather cold."

"Well, what do you want to do?" Joyce said as he brought up treatment options, "It would take about eight hours to complete treatment for the fever but it would take about five days for your ribs."

"I'll stay for eight hours," Tieria said, "I need to fight. I have to avenge Lockon. Please don't let Sumeragi know that I'm here. If she knows that I'm injured and ill, she won't let me fight."

Joyce nodded, "Alright," he said, "I'm beginning your treatment."


Sumeragi was both confused and worried. Tieria said that he was going to lie down for a while because he wasn't feeling well. At first she thought that Tieria was lying. Until Allelujah and Ian both said that Tieria had been sick and Allelujah even said that Tieria's forehead seemed warm to him. And yet the boy was not in his room or any of the other places the boy chose to hang out. /Is it possible that he went to the medical room?/ She thought. /I really hope he's not really sick, we need him to fight/

She headed to the sick bay and she found that Tieria was indeed there.

"Moreno-san," Sumeragi said, "What's he here for?"

"Fractured ribs and a slight fever," Joyce said, "The fever should be down when he leaves, it seems to be caused by severe stress. Based on the fractures it would take five days for his ribs to heal but…"

"He wants to fight…" Sumeragi finished. She knew that if Tieria sought medical attention, he was probably in no condition to sortie. /I don't like this, two damaged Gundams, one pilot dead and another pilot injured and ill. This is going to end in disaster/ she thought as she looked at Tieria, /He really shouldn't fight/

"What are you going to do Sumeragi?" Joyce asked.

"Let him fight," Sumeragi said, "What other choice do I have left? I don't want a repeat of what happened with Lockon earlier. And we absolutely cannot afford to be down another Meister." She then walked towards the door, "Let me know how he's feeling when he wakes."


Tieria slowly opened his eyes after the eight hours of medical treatment were over. He was relieved to find that nausea was gone and he no longer felt feverish. He made an attempt to sit up but a sharp pain in his left side stopped him.

"Don't sit up just yet," Joyce said, "I'm running a quick follow up." After a few minutes the capsule opened, "Sit up slowly," he advised, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling better," Tieria said as he replaced the top of his flight suit and stood up.

"Take it easy Tieria," Joyce said, "The treatment barely did anything for you ribs meaning that it will be very easy to injure them more. Please, be careful."

"Thank you," Tieria said as he walked out of the medical room.

Joyce sighed and contacted Sumeragi.

"Moreno-san, how is he doing?"

"His fever is down," Joyce said, "And he said that he was feeling better but it's hard to tell with him. I've heard him say that he was fine on the verge of collapse before. According to the computer he's clear to pilot but if our situation was different I would bar him from piloting for a few days."

"I know," Sumeragi said, "I would too but what can we do in this situation? We're already down a pilot and with the Federation still in the surrounding airspace we can't be down to only two Gundams."

"I understand that," Joyce said, "That's why I haven't implemented the medical block on his Gundam even though I really don't think he should be piloting in his condition. Monitor him closely if he absolutely has to sortie."

"I will," Sumeragi said, "Thank you Moreno-san."


On his way back to his room Tieria stopped at the nearest communicator and paged Sumeragi.

"Tieria,"

"Sumeragi Li Noriega," he said, "When it's ready, please present us with you next mission plan."

"Do you really intend to fight?" Sumeragi asked.

"Of course I do," Tieria responded, "We can show the world our strength if we are able to destroy the rest of units with false GN-Drives. Then we can continue the plan."

Sumeragi sighed she knew that this was going to happen, "The risk is too great," She said, "And there is a possibility that reinforcements will come as well." She knew it was pointless to try and divert the boy's attention from the plan but she was still going to try anyway.

"I understand that," Tieria said, "However this is not my opinion alone, it is the consensus of all the Meisters."

"Setsuna and Allelujah, too?" Sumeragi asked. /He left the medical room not even ten minutes ago/ She though, /Has he already talked to Allelujah and Setsuna?/

"Please," Tieria said as he closed the link. The medication from the capsule was still making him drowsy and he figured that if he slept a bit more he would be alright to sortie.


Sumeragi sighed /He's still so pale/ She thought, /He still looks awful and he shouldn't sortie. I wouldn't be so worried if he was going to be piloting the Virtue, but he has to sortie with the Nadleeh. Nadleeh was never really tested in combat there were too many risks and the TRIAL system has been deactivated/ She sighed, /This may not end well for him…/

"Tieria…"


Setsuna stood outside of Tieria's room with a small bowl of rice and a water bottle. He knew that there was a good possibility that Tieria was still feeling sick and that the purple haired Meister would only yell at him again. But it was a chance that Setsuna was willing to take. He pressed the page button on the door and when there was no response, he let himself in. He found that Tieria was asleep. As he approached the bed he noticed that the dark circles that had been present beneath Tieria's eyes were gone and there was more color to Tieria's face.

/He looks better/ Setsuna thought, /I hope he's feeling well enough to fight. But then again, it's Tieria Erde, he'll be alright/

He then set the tray down on the desk and sat down. He was willing to wait until Tieria woke up and that was what he was going to do.


So what did you think? I know it's way late but every time I watch the last few episodes of season one I get ideas so I decided to get them on paper, well sorta... Oh well. Let me know what you thought! Until next time minna-san!

Ex-Shark-V-005