CHAPTER ONE

AWAKENING

There were metallic shards cutting through my skin. The pain was overwhelming, jagged knives that are now a part of me fiercely cut through flesh.

"Setsuna!"

Am I awake? I am in a dark place; I don't know what to do. I feel a throbbing feeling on the front left of my head. I stood up and took two steps forward and everything around me changed and I was now in a dirt town and people were walking around. What the hell was going on. The streets cleared and I saw a man walk out of a mud house with a weird look on his face. The house number was 142. That number means something. Uncertainty runs through my veins as I near the door . It looked fine but what was behind it gave me curiosity. My hand slowly reached forward and I pushed for it to open. Is this a joke? It was empty like space, just a pitch dark room. A weapons safety had just been removed and was being held against my head.

"Setsuna"

That voice, I know I have to wake up. I was in a nightmare with no escape. My eyes finally burst open leaving me feeling lost, somewhat uncoordinated. It was just a dream; I looked at my hand, it was intact. I was swimming in my own sweat and everything was a blank to me. It was dark and the power was out. I put my hands on the boost gauge to see if I could get out of the location. It did nothing, the controls were a frozen in place and so were my fingers. The projector was off. Am I dead? Uh my head. I have to retrace my step. My head couldn't process anything. Sparks were going off in the cockpit and the control panel was just completely offline. I had lost hope, there was no escape. Then there was a spark, a sudden glimmer of light. I never thought I would be so happy to see Tieria as his holographic form whiz up on the control desk.

"Well at least something is working around here, Tieria, what happened?" I said as I slowly moved my hand towards my head.

"I don't know. I have been trying for hours to upload my conscious into the QAN [T]. Setsuna after the particle burst you lost control. Once you slammed your head on the control panel all the power went out."

"My head is Bleeding" I responded as I moved my hand away from my head and looked at it.

"Try not to move too much. I can't do anything right now"

"Crap my head hurts, I feel so lost"

"Setsuna, do you know how long you were gone?

"A couple of hours, Why?

"You left to the ELS home world nine and a half weeks ago"

My head was in anarchy. What was going on, what had I missed?

"What?" I finally responded.

"The portal you created let you travel through long periods of time within seconds"

"What have I missed?"

"New terrorist groups have arise and the Earth Sphere Federation is in shambles"

"Uh? How long have I been back to the earth area?"

"I picked up your suits signal seven hours ago, we had already lost hope."

"Do you have any good news?"

"No"

"Do you at least have a fix on our location?"

"Yes, the QUANTUM BURST left you on the other side of the moon. We could have come for you but we didn't know where you were, until now. You weren't sending out Quantum Brain Waves making it even harder to find you. I am going to run diagnostics and try to get the power back"

"How long will that take?"

"Hours, maybe"

"Damn, alright", I said angrily.

He Disappeared. I decided to relax and just take it easy. I shifted in the chair and felt something on the inside of my pilot uniform. I unzipped and reached in it was a paper on the inside pocket of the suit. It was a letter, I opened it and it was a message from Feldt, it was wet and the ink had begun bleeding. Only a few words were legible. Setsuna… you… I ha… eelings… you… Feldt's name was signed on the bottom of it and I thought to myself. You are going to die here. I tried to fight that thought away but it stayed. That's not going to happen. "YES ONLY LOOK AT THE FACTS IT IS THE TRUTH". What is that voice in my head? I can't think, it is probably hallucination. I have to relax; I closed my eyes and went to sleep. In my dream I was in the battle with Ribbons. Everything played out the same except that after he had obtained the GENUIN GN DRIVE and put it in the 0 GUNDAM; I finally noticed something I was to blind to see before. Could ribbons have recovered the plans for an original GN DRIVE? Forget, you have to forget. I need to relax; soon I lost myself in the comfort of the pilot seat.

"WAKE UP IT IS TIME". That voice again. Could it be sign, or a warning?

"Setsuna, oh good you are awake"

"What"

"Were you able to sleep?"

"Just a little"

"Good"

"Tieria, were you able to start up the power?

"Yes, Actually I am about to start it up now, that's what I need you for when I hit the switch I need you to start up the solar reactor, now are you sure you are ready to pilot this mobile suit"

"Yes, start it up"

The Projector turned on and I started up the solar reactor. The controls loosened and with a hit of a button the 00 QAN [T] Started up. Finally we are able to get out of here. For safety I looked through all of the system preferences. I had to check the particle output, oxygen supply, and the weapons. After going through the data a couple of times I noticed a couple of problems in the system.

"Uh, Tieria?"

"Is there a problem"

"Tieria, all our weapons are offline"

"Yeah I couldn't start up all of the programs and systems"

"We are in trouble if we get attacked you know that right?"

"That's why we need to get out of here before someone finds us"

"Can you do anything?"

"No, you should just drive this thing"

My fingers loosened and I pushed hard on the thrusters, the systems glitched every few seconds and the thrust seemed weak. The control panel kept going from green to red and back to green. SYSTEM FAILURE could be read in the bright white letters. I fiddled with the calibration codes trying to maneuver away from the moon but not venture out into space. The thrust coming from each side of the mobile suit eventually evened but it limited my movement. I calmed myself down and pulled the gauge down to zero. My hands flew over the keyboard as I typed system preferences and searched for the thrust and flaps section. Each pair of particle exhausts were deranged and needed to be adjusted for maximum speed and maneuverability. I tweaked the output on each thruster so they were even with the opposite side and did the same with the flaps.

"What are you doing?" Tieria questioned startling me.

"Adjusting everything" I responded remotely.

"You know what you are doing right?"

"No" I said trying to sound sarcastic but failed at the intent.

"Just don't break it"

"Wasn't planning to"

He whizzed away quickly and left me in silence. My eyes were starting to get watery from the monitor. There, all of my hard work has paid off. I am starting to get claustrophobic in this small cockpit. My hands grabbed the cold controls and pushed forward. There was only one thing to do now and that is to repair this GUNDAM before continuing my missions.