I don't own Vandread.
Chapter 1 I plead the fifth
"Three more coming left." a male said. The machine he was piloting was duel wielding a pair of triple band held Gattling guns. The armor was a dark grey or green. Yes, it was HeavyArms Kai. And it was leading a large fleet of Zaku Gunners against a large fleet of Cube Types. The mini fleet was tearing everything apart with deadly accuracy.
"I see them." a female replied. The machine she was piloting had white and blue armor and a pair of Heat Shotel's that she was using to slice the enemy in half. Yes, the machine she was using was Sandrock Kai. She was leading a platoon of Space Leo Suits and Gouf Ignited's into battle.
"There sure are a lot of them." Another female remarked. The machine she was piloting had all green armor and was using large dragon head tentacles to bite the enemy in half. Anything that got to close to her however, was met with her deadly Twin Beam Trident. Yes, she was piloting Altron, or as she called it, Nataku. She was leading two platoons of Phantom Zaku's and Serpent suits into battle.
"Just remember, these enemies are not to be underestimated, Suki." The male stated. He made quick work of three more carriers with hidden compartments that opened up to reveal a large hoard of missiles.
"Yes my Dearest, I understand." The pilot for Nataku replied. Suki sliced two more Dita clones in half while releasing her Dragon Fang to snap a Meia clone in half. "Willow, three more, coming from behind you!"
Sandrock spun around to slice them in half before using its Vulcan Cannons to destroy another wave of enemies. "Thank you, Suki." She replied.
"This would be a lot easier if Raider was here." The male said, flying beside the three.
"Look at it this way, he's not here to be angry about "Kill Stealing" or some shit like that, Blood." Willow stated while slashing two more Cubes in half.
"True, but it would still be easier if he was here to help us out." Blood, the pilot for HeavyArms replied. He shot down eighteen Cubes with one quick blast of his Triple Band Held Gattling Gun.
"Commander Isenberg, we've detected another Ship heading this way. We've also detected multiple heat signatures being deployed from within the ship." A male screamed. "Sir, they'll be all over us in… are you sure?" This got Blood's attention rather fast. "You can't be serious! Sir, we've detected the Wing Zero heading this way! Alex is leading a group of… are you sure about that?" He paused again. "Sir, Alex is leading a group of Dreads and one strange blue machine bringing up the rear."
"Understood." Blood turned switched his radio to a different channel. "It looks like our new found friends have finally arrived."
"So it would appear." Suki replied.
"What do you propose we do?" Willow asked. "We certainly have to keep his death, supposing he did die, a secrete for the time being."
"Clear this place of hostiles." Blood commanded. "So long as the soldiers don't see the pilot fighting, then they won't know that he might be dead." He finished by blasting three more Cubes with his Gattling guns.
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"Looks like they're speeding up the fight." Maya announced. Meia blinked in surprise as she stared at the little AI that was now her Co-Pilot. "That can only mean they are aware of our presence and want to finish things up before we arrive. Chances are, they think we might be with the enemy."
"What are you doing in here?" Meia finally asked.
"The closer we are to the colony, the better chances I have at accessing any new information the colony has come across on our enemy, or new weapons they've made." She admitted. "Besides, from what I've deciphered so far, they seem to have some information on Alex's death. Meaning, they know he's not piloting this machine." She warned.
"Meaning that they'll shoot me down on sight?" She asked.
"No, they won't do such a thing in front of their own soldiers. You will however be arrested. That much, I am quite certain of." She replied
"So I have nothing to worry about?" She asked in an icy tone. The AI bobbed up and down as if to nod her head. "What about the Dreads?"
"They should be okay, but the Vanguard will not. So long as the two do not separate, then he should be okay." Maya stated.
"So we just need to make sure that Hibiki remains combined with Dita to insure he survives?" Once again, the AI bobbed up and down as if to nod. "Alright…"
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"Mr. Alien, what do you think Alex's people are like?" Dita asked. Hibiki thought about that for a moment before opening his mouth to speak.
"Dita, Hibiki." Meia interrupted him. "You two have got too remained combined until we can get to the colony and help. If you disassemble, then you might get shot down. Understand?"
Hibiki gulped as he said, "Yeah, gotcha" as he squeezed Dita's hands a little tighter. Dita blushed at the contact, but decided not to say anything about it.
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"Only eight more Carriers." Suki said while slicing two of the Carriers in half with her beam Trident. "How much longer until they arrive?"
"About another twenty seconds before they're here." Blood replied in a nonchalant tone. He too made quick work of two Carriers, but he did so with his Gattling guns. "We need to speed this up if we can." He stated.
"Damn it, I can already see the Wing Zero!" Willow cursed as she slashed two more Carriers. "We need to take out those last four Carriers before they get here!" She yelled. Blood opened every compartment on his machine, shocking a few of the pilots he was leading. With a quick targeting selection, he opened fire on the last four Carriers. Every missile and bullet fired slammed into the Carriers. When the dust cloud vanished, one lone Carrier remained, but badly beaten. The Cubes around were staying within a certain range, before a large beam of energy smashed into the Carrier from behind, killing it, and the Cubes in a large explosion.
Damn it all, now they know he's not piloting it! Suki yelled in her head. She stared up at the Wing Zero, sporting its massive Twin Buster Rifle in one hand. "Now what?" She whispered. All Channels had been activated, and everyone could hear what she said.
"All units, return to the hanger and call the security force. We have a prisoner to bring in." Blood commanded.
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"You idiot, I told you not to fire that weapon!" Maya yelled. Meia blinked as she stared at the AI. What did she do wrong? She killed the enemy, what else was there to it? "You see those three machines over there?" A small screen popped up on her main screen, revealing the three machines. "They were the ones to help in teaching Alex how to pilot this machine! They know how he fights when in this machine! What you just did alerted them that you are not him!"
"What's the worst they can do? You said they won't shoot me!" She snapped.
"I said so long as you fight like Alex would have! He always gave you a warning before he fired that weapon! You didn't even given them a single hint that were about to use it!" The AI snapped back. HeavyArms appeared in front of them, pointing its weapons at them. "Meia, slowly let go of the rifle, and then pull out and let the beam sabers go." Maya ordered slowly. Meia nodded slowly as she released the said weapons.
Odd, it released all its weapons. I wonder if the pilot is in fact Alex. Never the less, it's a potential treat. Blood thought. He pulled the trigger and fired at the blue machine.
"What the hell is it doing to us?!" Meia yelled as she tried to maneuver the machine. "He jammed everything, I can't move!" She yelled.
"Damn you!" Hibiki yelled. Meia blinked in surprise as Vandread Dita appeared in front of them with its cannons ready. HeavyArms sidestepped the two tubes of energy and slammed a knee into the chest of the machine. Hibiki coughed hard as the wind left his and Dita's lungs.
"I don't know who you are, but if you wanna live, you'll be following me." Blood said over the net.
"That would be Isenberg Royal Blood." Maya whispered.
"I suggest you not try something that stupid again… that is… if you wanna live anyways."
"Follow the machine." Meia blinked as she looked at the floating AI. "If you don't, he'll kill us. I don't want to die, and I'm sure you don't either. So follow him and don't resist anything then try to do to us."
"You want us to do what?!" Hibiki coughed.
"Just trust me!" Maya snapped. "He won't do anything so long as you reframe from pissing him off anymore then what you already have!"
With a heavy sigh, the two machines followed the dark grey machine. Hibiki was still coughing from the kick, but was able to pilot the combination towards the colony. A strange gold machine and red machine helped in escorting them to a hanger that was holding Sandrock and Nataku already. Wing Zero walked over to a pair of restraint s that clamped down on its shoulders and legs to hold it while it was standing up. Vandread Dita was also put in the same restraints.
"Now what?" Meia asked, not very impressed with her situation.
"Open up right now, or we will destroy you!" some voices barked. Meia rolled her eyes as she opened the hatch. A pair of hands grabbed her and pinned her to the ground.
"Hold it!" Maya snapped. The soldiers looked up at the AI as it flew over to Meia. "This pilot is with me. If you harm her in any way, I will have her boyfriends' mother, Asaugi, to strike you down." She threatened.
"Silence, Maya!" The Soldiers snapped. "You will be checked over for any reprogramming they have done to you! So stop trying to boss us around!"
"Maya, it's okay." Meia groaned. "You said it yourself they wouldn't kill us until they questioned us about our involvement with the colony destructions." She reminded. The AI floated beside her friend as she followed the three men holding her towards Dita and Hibiki, who were now both restrained by two guards each. "You both alright?" Meia asked.
"Yeah, but these damn guards are a little…" Hibiki couldn't finish his pent of wrath as one of the guards kicked him in the back. Hibiki growled as he crashed to the ground.
"So, you are the pilot for Wing Zero." A familiar voice said. The three pilots turned to see the man they had ordered them to follow him or be destroyed. He was wearing a black armor suit like Alex's, only it was covered in a spider web like pattern of dark purple lines. His helmet was gone, revealing lightly tanned skin. He had grey colored eyes, with his left eye having a long scar across it. He had dark brown hair that was chopped short.
"Commander Isenberg, we have the prisoners as you ordered."
"I can see that, Kyle." He growled. The men backed away slightly. "I'll escort you to the holding…"
"I'll take them to their holding cell." A female stated, walking up to the crew in a golden version of Alex's armor.
"Zoey." Blood stated. The men all gulped as she walked over to the prisoners. "I believe I'll take them to the holding cell. I believe you have something more important to…"
"I'll be taking them while you escort the ships' Captain that housed them to Commander Asaugi. These orders come from Asaugi, herself."
Blood growled as he nodded to the men to give them to Zoey. The men all narrowed their eyes at her, but a quick gunshot, and a girly scream from one of the guards, had them handing over the three pilots.
"Thank you." She sang as she trotted off with the three pilots in tow. The men all snorted at her retreating form, but another gunshot had them quivering in fear as they hid behind a grumbling Blood.
(-)
Hibiki grumbled as he continued to stare at the back of Zoey's suit. She had been leading them around in circles it seemed. Hibiki wondered if she even knew where she was going when she walked into a few strange rooms that had him wishing someone would remove his eyes. She had yet to say anything, and yet she had almost said a mouth full when she fired off her handgun twice in row at two other soldiers that seemed to think she was stupid.
"Here we are." She finally said, walking into a white room with a simple brown desk and four chairs. Three were up front while one was behind the desk. "Please take a seat, I'll be right back." She sang.
Hibiki, Dita, and Meia all blinked in surprise as she left the room. They looked at each other, then down at their hands, which were no longer cuffed, and then down at the chairs.
"Is she retarded?" Hibiki finally asked. A loud gunshot rang out in the hallway. Hibiki jumped into his chair and started mumbling something about crazy women.
"Well, this is going to be fun." Meia moaned as she took a seat. "I wonder how long she'll be gone."
"She won't be gone long. She never keeps people waiting… unless you're a target." Maya stated. Meia moaned as she leaned back in her chair that was slightly comfortable.
"So, what kind of person is she?" Dita asked.
"Who, Zoey?" Maya asked. Dita nodded and Maya sighed. "She was the final member chosen for Cell FireFox. As you know, Alex was the commander for that Cell. She is also the pilot for that golden machine which I have now found out is called, Akatsuki. She is also the head of the military hospital for this colony."
"Any reason on why she continues to shoot her weapon off at any man that makes her mad?" Hibiki asked.
"Oh that, that's because she's always starting fights with people that piss her off." She replied nonchalantly. Hibiki went wide eyed at this before looking forwards with fear in his eyes.
"So why did she insist on taking us here, rather than the holding cells?" Meia asked.
"I have no idea." Maya replied as the door hissed open behind them.
"Alright, let's get this meeting underway." Zoey said as she walked behind the desk and took a seat. Hibiki had his eyes glued to Zoey. She was… odd. "So, let's start from the top. State your name, rank, and reasons for me to not shoot you." She said with a smile. Hibiki's jaw dropped as she bent over. "You see something you like?" She asked seductively.
"Is there a reason you're doing that?" Meia pointed to her chest.
Zoey blinked as she looked down at her chest. She smiled as she stood up and struck a pose. She had long blue hair that tied back in by a long line of rubber bands. She had dark tanned skin that bore no tan lines. She had ocean blue eyes that bore a strange slit on the bottom of the iris. She wore a black tube top that had a golden phoenix between her breasts. She wore a pair of blue jeans that had all the material for her right leg, while the left leg was left bare all the way to the hip. One sneeze and the surprise would be out. She had black fingerless gloves covering her hands. She also had a pink paint on her fingernails. She made one odd picture.
"Jealous?" Meia blushed madly as Zoey leaned over the desk and swatted Meia's nose with a finger. "Don't be so mad, though I have to admit, you are really cute when you're all red in the face." Meia's blushed deepened as Zoey's breaths caressed her cheeks.
"I believe you should be getting on with this meeting." Maya growled.
"You still are a party pooper, I see." Zoey moaned. Maya just floated around the air while chuckling. "I see you've grown a sense of humor since you've been gone." Maya stopped and flew into Zoey's face while growling. "And quick to anger, I see."
"I should report you to Asaugi, you evil little…"
"That's great." Zoey interrupted Maya's threat with a wave of her hand. "So, let's start from the top. Why did you have possession of the Wing Zero?" Meia took a deep breath as she began the long tale on what happened.
(-)
"Well, this certainly wasn't expected." Magno moaned. BC nodded as she followed her captain and Gascgone down the hall they had been walking down for the past five minutes. They were following Blood, who seemed none to happy at the moment. He was now dressed in a white and blue air force uniform. (A/N. These look like the ZAFT uniforms, but have the ORB colors.) "So, where are you taking us?"
"To the top General." He replied. This man had no emotion to his voice. It was almost scary in some way.
"And why are going to see her?" Gascgone asked. She had been watching some of the interactions between the men and the women as they followed the not so happy Gundam Pilot.
"She wishes to speak with you about Alex. We are aware that he was with you up to a certain point. What she wants to know is why he was." He replied. He stopped at a brown door and turned the golden knob to open the door. The four walked into a white room with a long black desk in the middle of the room. Behind the desk was five chairs, while up front was four more chairs. "Please, take a seat. We will be with you shortly." He left the room.
"Nice guy." Gascgone joked. Magno and BC rolled their eyes as they took a seat. "I wonder how life has treated Suki."
"I wonder if she even remembers us." Magno mussed.
"It has been awhile since we saw them, but the more important question is, what are they going to do to us?" Gascgone stated. "We may have been the ones to hide them from the men, but we're in their territory, and we also happen to be pirates. Those together can only spell trouble for us."
"True, but I'm certain they won't do anything too bad to us." BC looked over at Magno in confusion. "We are the ones that were trying to bring Alex back to them. I'm certain that we shall be okay."
"What are the chances of them going easy on us still?" BC questioned.
"Pretty high." A voice said. Magno smiled as she turned around to find a woman with blood red hair that was cut short. A white mask covered her face. She had black paint on her fingernails. Her uniform was the same as Bloods'. She had dark colored skin that matched her chocolate brown eyes.
Gascgone smiled at the sight of Willow. "It's been quite awhile since I last saw you, Gascgone. I've been worried about you ever since we left, but it's nice to see you again." She said while hugging her long lost friend. Gascgone just smiled as she released her.
"So, when was the last time we all saw you two?" Magno turned to see a smirking woman that could only be Suki. Long black hair that was braided into a long ponytail came down to the center of her back. She too wore the standard the military uniform, though hers was black and white, rather than white and blue. Her eyes were sea foam green. She had lightly tanned skin and red nail polish on her fingernails.
"It's good to see you again, Suki." Magno said with a smile.
"That's Suki Blood now." She corrected with a big goofy grin on her face. "Speaking of which, have you seen my husband around here. I know he brought you here." She stated while looking around the room a little bit.
"I believe he went to find Asaugi." Magno said with a grin.
"So, looks like a reunion is coming around again." Willow commented as she took a seat on the left of the center chair. "For the record, any bad information you have attaining around Alex's supposed death will not be viewed as a good thing unless it's good information."
"I see." Magno whispered. She now knew their odds of getting out of this without having someone possibly jailed were slim to none.
"Don't worry; it is after all a majority vote when it comes to these kinds of things." Suki commented as she took up the seat on the other side of the center chair. "So, where's Rebecca and Ezra. I didn't see them when we searched the ship." She grinned.
"I don't know. We've had quite a long trip that I'm sure any more. We've been gone from our home worlds for so long that we…"
"Home worlds?" Suki and Willow questioned in unison. "Did they finally stop trying to make war with your people or…" Willow asked, but the look on Magno's face shot that hope down. "So things spiraled down, I see." Magno nodded. "What about the Techs we sent? Did they make to Mejarru?"
"I'm sure we'll be getting that out of them, Willow." Blood said as he walked in and took a seat next to Suki. "Asaugi is on her way. She has to deal with a few people at the moment. They're currently looking for Maya onboard the ship. She shouldn't be long."
"She's in the mainframe of the Nirvana." BC told him. "If you can find Parfait, and tell her your business, I'm certain she won't try anything."
"That's great to hear then." Blood grumbled. "So, how long has it been since we all last saw each other?" He asked with a smile on his face.
"Since the Taraaku fight, if memory serves me correctly." Willow replied.
"Yes, that it has." Suki whispered. The very mention of that day brought chills to even her. She had long since fought that memory away from the bawls of her mind. She, along with everyone involved on that day, had fought hard to forget what had happened on that day.
"Alas, we are not here to bring up memories of days we wish not to remember." Willow stated. The group nodded as all eyes fell on Willow. "We have come here for one purpose and one purpose only."
"Indeed." Another woman stated. Magno turned her head to see Asaugi. She hadn't changed a bit since she had last seen her. Her hair was a dark purple, and fell just bellow the base of her neck. She had green eyes that matched her well tanned skin. She, like the rest of her friend, say for Suki of course, wore the same military uniform. She walked over to the center chair to take a seat. A smile formed as she took in the sight of Magno and Gascgone. Two familiar faces smiling back at was her greeting.
"Asaugi, it's good to see you again." Magno said with a smile. Asaugi smiled sadly as a hidden hand rubbed her stomach slightly.
"Me too, Magno." She whispered. Her face instantly switched from one of sadness to one of coldness and heartlessness. Magno knew what was coming now. "Please state your business for being in our domain, your involvement in the destruction of two military colonies, and the incidents that transpired to Alex's death." She commanded coldly. BC cringed at the sheer tone she used.
Magno took a deep breath as she began from the beginning.
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"You blew up a military station on the grounds of infestation?" Zoey asked. Meia and Hibiki both nodded. "Wow, sounded like fun if you ask me." She remarked.
"WE ALMOST DIED!" Hibiki screamed. The force of the yell sent Zoey's hair flaying. Zoey had to restrain herself from shooting him just like every other man that ever did anything that stupid in front of her.
"You're alive, aren't you?" She motioned his present form. Hibiki was about to begin another power housed yell until Meia put a hand over his mouth to shut him up. "Nice to see you finally trying to keep that idiot in line." She moaned. Meia narrowed her eyes on Zoey's head.
"Yes, we blew up the station." Meia stated, removing her hand from Hibiki's mouth. "Alex said that he was going to follow standard issue protocol after we made first contact with the enemy. That was why we decided to blow up the station."
"If he told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?" Zoey asked as she spun around in her chair. Meia and Hibiki arched an eyebrow at this. Here was a woman probably no older then twenty three or twenty four, and she was showing no signs of care for the loss of one of her own? Yeah, something definitely didn't make sense with this picture.
"No." Meia said coldly. The fact that she was badmouthing him at ever turn was just enough to make her hate women, and this one was on the fast track to becoming target practice if she kept it up.
"Why would you say that about Alex?" Dita asked. Zoey stopped as she looked over at Dita with a smile on her face. "Why would you say such mean things about him when all he wanted to do was get home?"
"It's something you wouldn't understand." She waved off the comment with a flick of her hand. "What I do wanna know is why you destroyed another colony out in the middle of space; one that was un-inhabited and under constant surveillance." A display of Wing Zero and Vandread Dita appeared on screen. The four, and one AI, watched as the two machines fired their weapons to destroy the station.
"How did you know about that?" Meia asked.
"It's amazing to think that such a well trained soldier like Alex V. Switchfoot, would miss the surveillance cameras… unless he never truly wanted to be seen." Meia bit her bottom lip as Zoey continued. "I'm certain that Alex told you that he was a Super Soldier, so how could he have missed something so obvious? Especially when he does this." The display then showed the Wing Zero flying by the hidden camera, but not before staring straight into it. "I think this just goes to show you, that he's not what he seems to be." Wing Zero blasted off out of the cameras' view.
"That just means he wanted to let you people know he was alive." Hibiki snapped. Zoey narrowed her eyes on the young boy. "He obviously knew that you would be watching the place since he said that he had been one of the many people who checked out the station. So chances are, he wanted to be found."
"Wow; stupid, cute, to young for me! I wish I was a little younger… so that I could shoot you for pointing out the obvious." Zoey said with a smile on her face. Hibiki gulped as he sat back down. He suddenly found the white floors to be pretty cool for some strange reason. "For the record, he did do just that. He wanted us to know that he was okay. He also left us some pretty interesting stuff." She now licked her lips as she stared at Hibiki. "He left a small message that said he was bringing you all this way so Rain could kill the three Taraaku men." Hibiki's head jerked up at this. "Though, we received this little footage about six months ago, so that would give him ample opportunities to understand just what you did to them."
"Are you… still… going to kill me?" he gulped.
"Nope, I'll leave that up to Rain." She said while licking her lips. Meia stared at the woman in shock.
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"Let's go over it again, just so I got this straight." Suki said. "You were raiding a male ship over Taraaku, when they decided to detach the top of the ship." Magno nodded. "Afterwards, you continued to raid the ship, hoping to take it, and its power source, back to your hideout." Again, Magno nodded. "However, before you could get that far, the men launched a pair of missiles that destroyed your ship, and then sucked you into a wormhole that transported you just a few days outside of Colony X119?" Magno once again nodded. "You were then engaged by an unknown group of hostiles? After a few minutes of fighting a losing battle, Alex showed up in the Freedom to lend assistance, and helped in evening the odds?" Magno, BC, and Gascgone both nodded at this. "After fighting the enemy for three more minutes, Hibiki Tokai, a boy from Taraaku and the very same one that we pulled from inside that blue machine, began fighting the enemy with you. After a few minutes of fighting, his machine was destroyed, along side with Dita Liebely's. Once they were supposedly dead, the blue machine appeared out of the dust and flames, catching the enemy off guard. In the span of thirty seconds, they managed to destroy all of the remaining enemies before destroying the Egg Carrier?"
"Yes, that's the order in how it happened." Gascgone said.
"Then explain to us, why Alex would willingly work with you?" Blood asked.
"Uh, to get home and warn you about the new enemy." Magno stated. Asaugi narrowed her eyes on Magno, letting her know that she almost crossed the line right there. "Sorry."
"Make sure that it'll never happen again." Asaugi seethed. "So, what happened afterwards?"
"Alex led us to X08999. He said it was a planet that you had been using as a testing facility for weapons and other things." BC said. "When we reached the planet, he began telling the team that was going down to the planet what they might find. Once he finished explaining what they would find, he continued his scan the planet for a security system."
(-)
"So after fighting these odd machines over the Gas Giant, Alex left the battlefield to wait for you to slingshot around the planet." Zoey asked. Hibiki nodded. "So after you failed to escape the planets' intense gravity, you came up with an idea to ignite the planet into a sun." Hibiki once again nodded. "So what happened after you succeeded in igniting the planet?"
"We," Hibiki stopped to look over at Dita. "…began to engage the Harvest Flag Ship with our combined cannons as a spear. Once the spear, and flare that had been tailing it, hit the flag ship, a large explosion obscured the scene. After a few seconds, the ship returned and began trying to escape. Another solar flare emerged from the new star and crashed into us. After a brief moment, we launched from he flare and punched through the ship. The machine died after that."
"So what happened to Alex?" Zoey asked.
"From what we know, he was dealing with the three Vandread Clones that had appeared on the battlefield." Meia said. "I'm not certain as to how he was defeated, but I'm certain that he fought hard to win."
"And now that leaves us with this one little dilemma you now find yourselves in." Zoey said.
(-)
"So what happened after you escape the gravity of the planet?" Willow questioned.
"After the sun began to expand, we began racing out of the birthing suns' field of gravity and solar flares it was emitting." BC said. "Once we got away, we were able to watch as Vandread Dita successfully destroyed the flag ship. After a few seconds of relief, the machine appeared again. Another solar flare emerged from the new sun and crashed into Vandread Dita. We all thought they had died for a brief moment until they reappeared from within the flare. A few seconds later, they appeared and punched through the machine."
"After the machine was destroyed, we began checking to see if everyone was okay." Magno took over. "The first pilots we found were Meia, Barnette, Dita and Hibiki, then Jura. After a few seconds, the Freedom reappeared on our screens, but was labeled "Signal Terminated"." Magno lowered her head at that. "I then called for Gascgone to go see if he was alive."
All eyes now fell on Gascgone. "I didn't find him or anything big enough for us to ID as the Freedom. When I got there, all I found was broken blue tips, which I assumed were the wings, busted up white chunks of armor. There was no blood, body parts, or anything left in the area for me to identify as Alex's body. The only thing that remained… was this." Gascgone dug her hand into one of the many pockets on her trench coat. She pulled out the silver necklace that Alex had always worn after Meia handed it back to him during Christmas. She placed the item on the table. "That necklace was the only thing that survived, and I never had the heart to give it back to Meia after I told Magno my findings."
Asaugi pulled the item close to her chest as she closed her eyes. For those in the room, it would have been the second time in their lives to see her cry. She smiled sadly at the item before putting it away. "I guess then we'll have to now list him as KIA than." She whispered.
"Is there anything else you have to tell us?" Suki questioned.