Disclaimer: I do not own Knights of Sidonia. Credits to Nihei-sensei for the excellent story! The story I'm writing here would take place after the events that occurred on Lem. I hope you'll enjoy the read!


Prologue

It's not like she never seen Gauna before.

Coming out of the Gauna's mouth, dozens of tongue-like tendrils reveal themselves as the 'lead head' cautiously inch towards the Yukimori. Despite looking like an abomination lacking intelligence of any kind, this hideous creature seems awfully wary of of her actions. Stretching its head and an arc above the Garde, the creature seems to be analysing Nodoka's machine, despite it not moving at the moment. With a small hunch, floating in her head, Nodoka activated some of her artificial Kabi-blades. With the blades roaring into action, the Gauna quickly shrieked back, but not before giving out a loud, threatening screech as it widened its 'mouth'.

With the exception of mass union ships, Tanikaze Nodoka knows of the existence of giant Gauna biomasses. But never have she seen an individual Gauna that's nearly fifty times the size of Yukimori before. Just barely winning control over her primordial instincts to run away was hard enough. But having to confront the giant Gauna while securing her objective was a different story. Slowly tightening her grip on one of her control levers, Nodoka was quick to realize the immediate threat confronting her. Easily inside the striking distance of the Gauna standing above her, she cannot afford to make any mistakes.

"...Nodoka, please! Forget about me! Run away!"

Lying on the ground beside the Yukimori was the ravaged remains of Sidonian Type 19. Luckily for Nodoka, the cockpit seems to be intact as its pilot desperately cry out through the emergency communication channel, urging Nodoka to flee. At the same time, a second voice echoes through a second channel linked to Yukimori.

"...Nodoka! It's Ko! Where are you?! Answer me!"

Deciding to stay silent, she had tried to calm herself down with a couple of deep breaths. While she felt terrible ignoring the two voices, she can't bother to answer any of them at this moment. Shifting her vision towards a nearby display screen, Nodoka could see she only have 3 CPP remaining. Even her Heigus count was low. All she could rely on now are her Kabi-blades. Though Yukimori's cockpit was temperature-regulated, Nodoka couldn't help but to sweat from her difficult situation. Within the confines of Yukimori, she could smell the faint of sweat that was accumulating. Mixed with the already foul odor of oil and cleaning alcohol lingering about, it was starting to affect Nodoka concentrate...