SD Gundam Force X

by Core Belote

In a distant part of the galaxy a battle erupts that draws the Gundam Force to it. New allies and enemy's are made as they try to find their way back home.

1. Chapter 1

SD GUNDAM FORCE X

Cory "Core" Belote

Chapter One

"… Gundam X"

"Gaia… the third planet in the Solace System, and home to a race of beings called humans. An ever curious race that strived to explore beyond the boundaries of their home world and venture out into space. As their curiosity grew, so did their technological skills, and soon they gave birth to a new life form, a robotic race that had the same emotional abilities as humans and the same drives. Together they lived in peace with on another on both Gaia and the orbiting space colonies called 'Clouds', till a dark force started to weave its way into the daily matrix of day to day life and planted the seeds of war.

Divided against one another the people and mechanical citizens of Gaia fought against their own kind from the space colonies as they formed the Dark Cirrus, each striving for victory. For this purpose a new type of mechanical citizen was created, one developed by the Gaia Forces to defend it and bring a quick end to the war… Four warriors of light, created to save all of humanity and the mechanical citizens, they were called Gundam. Together the four were set out in the final battle, to bring an end to the war once and for all…"

Machine gun and beam weapon fire filled the space between the two fleets of spaceships, along with missiles and rockets, and various fighters and robots. A white mechanical warrior with blue and red armor, and a large golden V-fin on the front of his helmet flew into the chaos as blue light shown out of his X shaped foils on his back. The blue eyed fighter brought his beam rifle up to snap off several shots, catching three green armored warriors of the colony forces dead center and causing them to explode in the darkness of space. The silence was deafening as he looked around him in the battle, everywhere there was light and explosions, but in the vacuum of space there was no sound to be heard. But as he watched he could feel the pain of others as lives were lost, both human and mechanical.

"Lieutenant Gundam X!" A sharp deep voice snapped him out of his train of thought as he turned and saw the tall white and blue painted Gundam with large shoulders and a fanged facemask. "Pay attention to your surroundings, or you are going to end up as nothing but space dust."

"Yes, Commander Gundam Belphagor." The young Gundam replied over the communications line and saw the other larger Gundam turn around and snap one of his arms out, the shoulder unfolding to extend his reach as two claws grabbed and crushed another of the colony mechanical warriors.

The blue eyed Gundam flew away quickly as he went after more targets, leaving the crimson eyed Gundam to combat those he saw close by. As he flew and fought the other colony warriors around him, he caught sight of the other two Gundams, both of them his brothers in arms. The large and bulky looking Gundam Leopard, with his green armor and large array of Gatling guns and other projectile weapons either blasted all that came near him or used his deadly beam knife on those that broke through his barrage of weapons fire. The sleek red and white Gundam Airmaster spun his way through the battlefield, using his two beam rifles to cause the enemy units around him to vanish in brilliant explosions of light.

The young Gundam let out a gasp as he felt a strange tingling sensation run through him, a feeling he had had before in his early days in space fighting and on the surface of Gaia as well when he was in combat tests. He spun around quickly and transformed his beam rifle into its shield mode to block the shot that burned its way toward him and spot its source. A crimson colored Zako Jenice Kai raced towards him, armed with several different types of weapons, its beam rifle blazing as it approached.

"You again!" The Gundam X said to himself as he growled and charged forward, drawing his beam saber from his back. "We're going to end this now Lancer!"

The red mechanical warrior discarded its depleted beam rifle as it quickly drew its own beam saber and shield, the two blades of energy of the robotic fighters arched in space to meet in a blinding flash of light. The blue eyed Gundam gasped as he sat up and heard a crash close to him, surrounded not by the empty void of space and battle, but a mountain forest, with the sound of birds flying over head. He stared up at the blue sky to see the moon barely visible, allowing him to tell that it was still early morning.

He lowered his head sadly with a sigh as he held it with his right hand, "That dream again… Why do you still haunt me now Lancer?"

The Gundam pushed himself up slowly with his only remaining arm and pulled his battered and torn cloak around him with its hood over his head, a jagged scar ran down his helmet and face mask, going down to his green optic. He took a few steps forward to emerge from the forest to see a path, and the source of the crash that awoke him, a doe with its young fawn looked at him curiously for a moment before they continued on their way across the path and into the forest. The Gundam X chuckled as he shook his head and started down the path that he knew would lead him towards what he had heard was the largest city and settlement in the area called Heliopolis. As he looked at the horizon he could see a tower rising in the distance over the trees, the tower obviously the remains of something far more dangerous then a skyscraper. The old space battleship that rose as a tower looked like it had been scavenged for parts to help the city and now stood as its own structure, with the bow buried deep into the ground and the aft section reaching up toward the heavens.

The Gundam sighed as he lowered his head and exited the forest, continuing down the path toward the city as he saw fields laid out before him of different types of cattle and farm animals. Off to one side of the road sat a house with what looked like an ancient hanger, and an old runway for aircraft less powerful then the jets that he had seen years ago during the war. As he looked at the house he saw the door of it open and a young girl run out dressed in a pair of mechanics coveralls, the top half unfastened and tied off around her waist to show a large white shirt. Her hair looked like it was tucked messily under an orange cap as she ran with a backpack strapped to her back, yelling back to the house as she does. Moments later he heard a scream and saw an older man in a red and tan jacket run from the house as if it were on fire and rush over to the hanger. The Gundam shook his head as he turned away and kept going down the road, the young girl looked to be heading the same direction as him and he paled at the thought of having to speak with her, preferring to be left alone and to himself instead of being social.

"Uhm, Hello there." The girl said with a smile as she looked at him and slowed her pace to walk along side him. "Do you need any help?"

"No, I don't need any help." The Gundam replied, his voice altered a bit to that of an old man in the hopes of tricking the girl so she would leave him alone.

"I don't remember seeing you anywhere around here before, so you must be new to this area." The young human continued to smile cheerfully as she looked at him, "Are you going to the city to sell something? I'm guessing that is what you are doing, since you are carrying something on your back."

The Gundam felt a chill run through him as he lowered his head, the girl obviously not going to leave him alone and now curious about the object on his back wrapped in cloth and rope to keep it from being recognized. "I'm… I am just passing through. Please, young lady, can you leave an old man alone?"

The girl narrowed her eyes at him, "I would, but you aren't that old. I bet you are a kid aren't you."

"Who are you calling a kid?!" The Gundam snapped, his voice returned to normal once more, and sounded like that of a thirty year old man.

The young girl smiled as she chuckled, "Well, at least I know that for sure now."

The Gundam grumbled at himself for letting his emotions get the better of him for a moment and lowered his head. "Look, I just want to be left alone. I've had enough troubles to last me a lifetime, and now I want to rest. So please, leave me alone young miss."

"I'm sorry." The girl said as she let out a sigh, "I didn't mean to offend you, It is just that… well, look, I'm just sorry for what I said. But you really should be careful out here on your own with something valuable. There are some bandits that roam the forest and outlaying areas of the city to pick off those that they think are easy prey, and they might think you are since you are kind of short."

"Thanks for the warning." The Gundam felt his eye twitch at the comment, but remained quiet about it as he continued down the path with the young human. "How do you know that what I have is of any value?"

"I don't, but some might think that it is and try to rob you for it." The girl explained quickly, and looked down at her watch. "I have to get going, or I'm going to be late for school. If you are looking to sell something in the town, could you try and wait till I get out of class? I might buy what you have to sell. My name is Sam, Sam Ashta. It was nice walking with you Mister."

The Gundam paused as he looked up and watched the girl run off down the road into the city, he waited till she was long gone from sight before continuing down the path. "....Ashta?"

Sam poked her head around the corner of a large stone statue sitting in front of the school, her eyes scanned the open space between her and the steps leading up to the doors of the school. She looked around quickly to see if she could see the teacher that seemed to catch her each time she was late for school, the woman seeming to know every move she was going to make to get into the school. The young teen dashed quickly up the stairs of the school to the front door, she opened it slowly to peek inside to see if anyone was in the halls. With the halls empty she smiled and chuckled in victory, Sam opened the door, confident that she has made it past the alert adult at last.

"Looks like I've made it and the coast is clear." Sam chuckled as she started to set foot into the building.

"Is that so, Miss Samantha Ashta?" A woman's voice asked behind her, her voice made the girl freeze in her tracks and slowly looked behind her at the well endowed woman in a blue business suit and skirt with black heels, her arms folded over her chest. "I think that this would have been the fourth time that I caught you late for school, wouldn't it?"

"I'm sorry Miss Ennil Zabi!" The girl stammered as she spun around quickly to face the woman to try and explain herself. "There must have been a power outage, and I got up late, and my dad is late for work too and…"

The red haired woman smiled happily down at the young girl, the sight made her cringe in fear of what the teacher might be thinking. "Miss Zabi, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Ennil chuckled once more as she shook her head and rested her hand against her forehead, "But your complete lack of the concept of time is amusing to me. There was a power outage earlier today, but I think that you have forgotten the most important thing. Today is a teacher's work holiday, so there is no school today."

"A holiday?" Sam looked at Ennil in shock as the adult rests a hand on her shoulder, "Are you serious?"

"I am, that is why I said that it would have been the fourth time that I caught you late for school." The teacher smiled cheerfully, "But since there is no school today, I can't do that now can I? Now, why don't you go run along and have some fun for the rest of the day, and do tell your father that I said hello when you see him."

"A holiday… I… you mean I could have spent the whole day sleeping in bed! Not fair!" The young teen continued to stare at Ennil in shock for a moment before she recovered, "I mean… Thank you for telling me Miss Ennil, and I'll tell my father that when he gets back from work. Have a good day."

"You too Samantha, and try to stay out of trouble." Ennil called to the girl as she took off away from the school and vanished down the road. "That girl… she is so much like her father."

Sam ran as fast as she could from the school, only slowing down to a walk when she puts a few blocks between her and the building, she let out a sigh of relief as she smiled. The green eyes of the girl looked up at the clouds floating by in the blue sky above, each of them a different shape and changing shape slowly as they drifted easily on the breeze high up in the atmosphere. Her smile widened as she saw the silvery outline of the moon, the celestial body always visible at this time of day, only to vanish for a short time before it reappeared later at night. The rotation of the planet altered along with the weather patterns and climate after the colony drop.

The young teen sighed as she continued to look up at the moon, "I wish I could go up there… I wonder what it is like in space."

Sam lowered her gaze back to the ground to look around, the people of the city filled the streets, going about their business and shopping at the street venders in the open market place. Her eyes followed a group gathered around two men wearing the uniforms of Eurasia Alliance soldiers from the war, the sight making her curious. She walked over and joined the crowd as she looked at the men, the larger of the two calling the people to gather around as the other skinner man sat on a crate. The large man cleared his throat as he seemed satisfied that he had the attention of everyone.

"Thank you all for coming to hear us today. I would like to start by introducing ourselves." The large scruffy faced man said with a thick European accent, "We are the famous 'Twin Red Suns' of the G.F .! We are the ones responsible for stopping four large carrier ships and countless Jenince's from making it to our world. We are what are called Newtypes!"

"He speaks the truth." The tall lanky blonde seated on the crate spoke up, not really looking at anyone. "We are Newtypes."

"Yes, and that is why we are giving you this special offer." The other man smiled as he held up a finger, "Hire us today for this one time low price, and we can guarantee the safety of your shops. What do you say?"

"You two are just looking for jobs?" Sam scoffed as she looked at the two adults. "Can't you come up with a better sales pitch then that? I bet you two aren't even real Newtypes are you?"

"What was that? We are real Newtypes! It's true! And you can hire us today for a very low price of…" The man paused in mid-sentence as he lifted his head up at a whistling sound that had caught everyone's attention, "What's that?"
As soon as the man finished his question, the water tower on one of the buildings exploded to send water raining down on the people below and caused them to run wild in the streets. Sam looked around her quickly before she ducked behind one of the large metal storage crates that a vender was using as a leg for his table, she peeked around the corner to see the two supposed NewTypes running around in a panic before they dived into a building for cover like two children behind their mother's skirt.

"Figures they were nothing more then talk." Sam hissed as she continued to hide behind the crate, the sound of a group of metal footsteps behind her alerted of something coming up to her.

She turned her head in time to see a small group of seven Daughtress robots, the black and white armored machines running up quickly with a shield and baton in their hands. The leader of the group having a different shaped head with two radio antenna on the sides and a large rectangular horn showing he is a command unit. A badge on their shoulders showed them to be members of the cities defense corps, along with a crest on their rectangular shields. The group of robots continued past Sam into the dust cloud kicked up by the splashing water on the street, the leader paused as he pulled out a megaphone.

"I hope that they are going to be alright." Sam said softly as she watched them from the cover of the metal crate, a feeling in her stomach telling her that something isn't right.

"Lay down your weapons at once!" The command Daughtress shouted into his megaphone, his voice amplified greatly. "This city does not permit weapons to be carried within the city limits. Please surrender your weapons peacefully."

A red optic lit up in the dust cloud followed by two more on either side of it as a dark armored form stepped out of the dust cloud. The black and purple armored robot smiled as it held a large cannon in one hand and a machine gun in the other, an axe attached to his back. A pair of swept back vents look like a strange mustache on the robot under the two slots for his optic in his helmet, a large command fin on it showing what type of unit he is. The large red armor plated robot to his right stepped forward with a pair of bull horns on its helmet to look like some kind of ancient medieval warrior, and rested a large sword on its shoulders, its armored skirt going all the way to the ground. The third member of the trio kept him self hidden for the most part, his green armor and double slotted helmet showed that he is of the same type as the other two, but was a basic grunt unit. The smaller robot held onto his machine gun tightly as he kept close to the other two, glaring at the Daughtress'.

"What is with you city people and robots?" The darkly armored leader of the three asked, as he shook his head slowly, "This would be so much easier if you just laid down your own weapons and let us have what we want. But then again… I guess it wouldn't be much fun if you did that."

"Lay down your weapons, this is your final warning." The command Daughtress ordered once more through his megaphone.

"Sorry, I can't do that. But here, have some of our ammo!" The black and purple armored robot shouted back as he aimed his heavy cannon at the Daughtress' and opened fire, sending the lightly armed mechs flying as the others beside him attack with their own weapons.

Sam shut her eyes tightly against the sound of the explosion, and ducked her head behind the crate, a loud bang beside her caused her to open her eyes out of curiosity. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the command Daughtress laid out on the ground, the optics of the robot blinking for a moment before shutting off completely from the damage he sustained. She poked her head out from around the crate once more to see the robots fighting, the trio of bandits working together to make short work of the city defenders. The large red armored robots sword glowed with energy as it cut through the shields of the Daughtress' like tissue paper, allowing for the others to take them out with their guns.

"T-they're Jenice's!" The young girl said softly as she watched them more closely, "Two customized and one regular unit."

The green armored Jenice's red optic flashed as it turns towards the sound of Sam's voice, unloading its machine gun at the human. Sam ducked her head quickly behind the safety of the metal crate as the bullets started to eat their way through it, the sound of the bullets grinding against the metal and bouncing off in dangerous ricochets to hit the buildings and shatter windows scared her.

"Out of the way you idiot!" The leader of the three barked as he shoved the smaller robot aside, "This is how you get rid of those pesky organics."

Sam's eyes widened as she heard the click of the cannons trigger being pulled, time seemed to slow down for her as she heard the round fire. She shut her eyes tightly as she screamed, part of her going back to the mind of a young child, where if they believe if they can't see it then it isn't really happening. She felt something hit her as the explosive blast ripped past her body, the heat of the explosion easily felt through her clothes. Sam felt herself flying through the air as she kept her eyes closed, her mind registered that she had been hit, but the sensation oddly different then what she expected it to be. The young human lets out a grunt as she felt herself stop before hitting the ground, she opened her eyes only to see it come up at her as she was dropped by something.

"Are you alright?" A voice asked, her head turning up to see the cloaked figure from the road into the city standing there, a pair of green optics with blue eyes looking back at her. "I said, are you alright?"

"I… I'm fine. Thank you." Sam replied slowly, still shaken by what just happened, trying to figure out what happened. "What about the others?"

"Don't worry about them; you should get out of here." The Gundam answered as he turned this head to look at the dangerous trio standing there staring him down.

"I guess you think you are some kind of hero, jumping in like that to save a puny human." The crest helmeted robot smirked, "So what is your name 'Mister Hero', so that we can carve it on your tombstone?"

"I'm no hero." The Gundam glared, his metal hand clenched into a fist as he made his body a shield for the young teen. "I think that you three have caused enough damage here, and it is time for you to leave."

"Who do you think you are telling us what to do?" The red armored robot asked, its voice crackled with static as it pointed its sword at the unknown robot. "We'll turn you to scrap like these Daughtress' if you don't clear out of here now."

"I'm not going anywhere." The Gundam replied as he reached up and grabbed hold of his cloak to tear it free from its clasps, tossing it behind him to expose his true form.

The rays of the sun reflected off of the battle scarred armor of the robot, illuminating the faded, white, blue, and red colors that spoke of enduring untold battles and hardships. The exposed green gem set into the center of his chest reflected the light cast on it to show a honeycomb like structure under it, and the gold double crests on his helmet shine brightly in the sun. A scar ran down the left side of his face and helmet, giving him a dangerous look. The metal on the left side of his body was torn and peeled back slightly from a blast that claimed his arm long ago.

The strange shape on his back that had been hidden by his cloak unfolds quickly into a large blue X as his cannon locked into place on his right shoulder. The barrel of the cannon extended out as the handle came down for him to take hold of it, leveling the weapon on the three robots that stood before him.

"A… Gundam!" The black and purple leader of the group said in shock as he took a step back, "But how?! There aren't suppose to be any Gundams here! How can you be here?"

"Kroc Ace, he's missing an arm!" The horn helmeted robot gazed at the Gundam as it gripped its sword tightly with both hands now. "We can take him, even if he is a Gundam. He only has one arm."

"I can see that he has only one arm you idiot." The optic of the darkly armored mech flashed as he looked over at his ally. "But he still has that cannon, Slasher."

"I know you didn't listen to those Daughtress', but maybe you will listen to me." The Gundam warned as he seemed to narrow his eyes. "This is your final warning, leave this town at once. You know what this weapon is capable of doing at full power; now imagine what it can do with only a small charge? It could still reduce you three into nothing but paper weights. The choice is yours."

"I think that we should flee." The green armored robot sheepishly said, terrified of the thought. "That is a dangerous cannon, Jen."

Kroc growled as he looked between the two mechs with him and then back at the Gundam. "Fine, you win this time, Gundam. But mark my words, we shall be back!"
The one armed Gundam kept his cannon leveled on the three as they make haste with their retreat from the city, only to raise it when he can no longer see them. The cannons barrel retreated back into a sleeve on top of it before the azure X folds up into two white shapes to form an L on the Gundams back, the cannon once more took its place there as well.

"That was a close one…" The blue eyed Gundam sighed as he allowed himself to rest for a moment.

"T-thank you for saving me." The young girl's voice broke through his momentary peace, causing him to turn around to see her smiling at him.

"You are welcome, but I need to go now." The one armed robot said calmly as he walked past her and picked his cloak off of the ground, quickly putting it on once more to hide his armor and appearance from others. "I doubt that they will truly be back, and please, don't tell anyone that you saw me."

"Wait, you mean you are leaving?" Sam asked as she looked at the robot confused, "But you only just got here, and what about the others?"

The Gundam looked at the damaged Daughtress' laid out on the ground, "There are others that can repair them. I am sorry, but it is dangerous for me to stay in this place; I do not wish to bring harm to this town. Please, understand that, young miss."

"Please wait." Sam grabbed hold of the robots hand to stop him, only to be dragged a few feet before he stops. "If you really do intend to leave, then let me help you. Come with me please."

"Help me? Why should I come with you?" The one armed Gundam asked as he looked at the girl, finding her vaguely familiar. "How can you help me anyway?"

"Well… if you are looking for a place to hide then I think I might know someplace that would work." The young teen blushed slightly as she looked at the damaged Gundam. "Besides, you saved my life and the town; you have to let me repay you for that. Please, come with me."

The blue eyed Gundam stared at the human for a moment, something still familiar about her and made him feel that he can trust her. "Alright, let's go."

* * *

The stars sparkled through the open skylight of the workshop as the blue eyed Gundam looks up at them, the sight of the night sky bringing him some measure of peace after the day that he had. He let out a sigh as his mind goes back to a time when he was younger, the memory made him smile briefly before the door to the workshop opened and he looked towards it. The brown haired human walked in slowly with a tray of food, the girl pausing for a moment as it startled by him before she smiled and continued into the room to set the tray down on an empty spot on a work bench.

"So this is the place that you thought that I would be safe at?" The Gundam asked as he continued to watch Sam.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about the mess. I don't really allow anyone other them myself in here." Sam smiled as she blushed and scratched the back of her head. "So, I don't really clean up that much."

"So I've noticed." The Gundam looked around at the mess of tools, parts, and dirty rags used to clean up some spills around the workplace. "You are a mechanic?"

Sam smiled as she nodded, "I am for the most part. People bring things to me that break and I try to fix them, which includes simple and more advanced robots like yourself. But I would really rather be a pilot like my dad."

"A pilot?" The Gundam looked at the girl curiously, "Your father is a pilot?"

Sam nodded as she smiled, "He has his own plane that he built and uses it to map out the area from the sky, and he does some other work with it like crop dusting. He took me up in his plane once before, and I loved being up there with the clouds, I felt as if I was free of everything. But then we landed and one of the pistons for the engine broke. Dad is constantly repairing his plane because something on it breaks about every time he takes it up into the air; I think he just pushes it to hard."

"I see." The Gundam said as he looked at the girl still, "You just don't look old enough to be a mechanic to me."

Sam chuckled as she smiled, "I get that a lot from everyone. But it doesn't stop them from coming to me to fix things for them."

The blue eyed Gundam nodded as he turned his head away from the girl, looking at the spare parts for other mechanical beings. "Have you ever… repaired a Gundam?"
"A Gundam?" Sam looked at the battle damaged robot, "No, I've never even met one before now. But, if you like I can repair you."

"No, that won't be necessary." The scar faced warrior lowered his head as he looked at his missing arm. "I do not wish to be repaired. I was just curious to see if you came across any others like me, in all my travels I haven't met another Gundam either."

Sam looked at the one armed Gundam and sat down next to him on the long seat for her work bench, seeing that he is lonely. "I am sure that there are others out there like you, I heard that there were several Gundam's during the war, and if you are still around then the others are also. Nothing can beat a Gundam."

"I wish that was true." The blue eyed Gundam sighed as he continued to look at his missing arm.

Sam looked at the wounded Gundam sadly, "Why won't you let me repair you?"

"My wounds are reminders to me of something that happened long ago. I would rather remain the way that I am." The old Gundam shook his head slowly, "I have to live with my memories, so why not live with the wounds those memories caused as well?"

"It sounds like you have been through a lot." Sam said as she leaned against the robots remaining shoulder. "What happened to you?"

"That is something that I would like to keep to myself as well." The blue eyed Gundam replied, "I'm sorry."

"Don't be, the past can be painful to share at times." Sam said, as she sat there with the old war machine, "Thank you for saving me and the town today."

"You're welcome." The Gundam said, blinked as he stared at the human leaning against him, "Uhm, what are you doing?"

The blue eyed Gundam stared at the brown haired girl as he heard a soft sound leave her lips, blushed as he realized that she has fallen asleep against him. The one armed robot let out a sigh as the turned his head to look up at the sky above him through the skylight, the stars continued to shine brightly as several shooting stars flew by, most likely left over debris from the war falling back to the planets surface.

* * *

"So, where exactly are we going?" The one armed Gundam asked, following the brown haired girl as they make their way up an rocky path in the foothills of the mountains outside the town. "Are you sure that this is a safe way to go?"

"It is a lot safer then traveling alone." Sam replied as she looked over her shoulder at the cloaked robot, moving her backpack higher on her shoulders. "You sure do ask a lot of questions for someone that is looking for a place to hide out more. Not that many people come this way because of the damage caused by the war, they are afraid that they might trigger a landslide."

"A landslide? Then wouldn't that mean that this area isn't that safe?" The blue eyed Gundam said as he hurried to the human's side, wanting to protect her incase something happened. "Should we turn back? I don't want you getting hurt helping me, you have already helped me enough."

"I have my own reason for helping you today." The young teen smiled, her eyes sparkled like stars. "There are rumors of a factory up here, and I bet there are plenty of parts there that my dad and I can use to repair things for others, and maybe fix his plane. It would also be a good place for you to hide maybe."

"I see." The Gundam shook his head, "I am sorry that you have to resort to scavenging in order to make ends meet for your family."

"It's not that bad, I actually like looking for things and building stuff." Sam replied, chuckled as she smiled. "I often have to help my dad with getting small things anyway, and making things helps to take my mind off of other things that are going on."

The cloaked Gundam nodded as the blue eyes on his optics close for a moment before he looked at the young teen, "How much further do we have to go till we reach this place?"

"I'm not sure; it isn't exactly on a map you know." The Sam commented as she struggled a bit to get to the top of a steep hill, the teen smiled as she reached its crest. "Then again, there it is!"

The one armed Gundam climbed up the hill with a bit more ease then the human to look at the structure, his eyes widened as he recognized some of the design features. The stone face of the side of a mountain carved out into a series of buildings with a broken metal wire fence around it now over taken by plants. The pitted surfaces of the building showing that it was damaged long ago, the few remaining windows surrounded by its shattered and broken siblings, making the building a lonely sad sight.

"This isn't a factory." The Gundam said as he stands at the top of the hill, looking at the buildings. "It is a ground base for Gaia Forces, but it looks like it has been abandoned for some time now."

"An abandoned Gaia Forces base…" Sam blinked as she looked at the robot and then at the buildings overgrown partly with plant life, "That means that there should be a lot of things in there that my family can use, and it would be perfect for you! Come on, let's go check it out!"

"What? Wait!" The scar faced Gundam shouted as the girl slid down the other side of the hill quickly, ignoring him as she ran toward the old base. "Great…"

"I knew that it was a good idea to keep an eye on that human." Kroc smiled as he laughed to himself, "She and that one armed Gundam have lead us to a great treasure."

"It looks like they are going into that old base, Jen." The green armored robot said as he looked through one side of a pair of binoculars, "What should we do Kroc Ace?"

"What do you think we are going to do you idiot." The optic of the dark armored robot flashed as he looked at the lightly armored mech, "We are going to storm that base and take it and that Gundam's weapon. He can't use it without access to the moon, and that building should shield it nicely."

"What about the human girl, what are we going to do about her?" Slasher asked, holding up the large sword. "Should we remove her from the equation all together?"

"She's nothing by a helpless organic, what do you think Slasher?" Kroc smiled as he looked back at the base, "That Gundam won't know what hit him."

Sam looked around her curiously as she ventured deeper into the abandoned base, her feet crunched against the floor as she stepped on bits of broken glass and dirt blown in through the windows. She reached into her backpack to pulled out a flashlight to help her look around the dark interior of the base, the air stale and heavy with the smell of old motor oil, grease, and dirt. Sam scanned the walls of the base with her flashlight as she tried to find some kind of light switch and hoped that the bases generators still have enough power to run the lights.

"Hey, Mister Gundam, do you see a light switch anywhere?" She asked as she looked behind her to see the glowing optics of the robot, the sight slightly scary. "I can't see any."

"The power to the base seems to have been shut off for some time, they have a power saving feature that shuts them down to conserve power." The scar faced robot explained, "I will see if I can find one of the command centers and access the power grid to bring the lights back online."

"Thank you Mister Gundam." Sam smiled as she watched the robot go off into the other parts of the base, opting to stay where she is for the time being as she swept her flashlight over the empty bay she is in.

Sam brought the flashlight along one of the walls to see a control panel built into it with a slot for a keycard. Curious about it she walked over to the lock and shined her flashlight over it, blowing some of the dust out of it to form a cloud that made her sneeze. Sam recovered from her sneeze and poked at some of the buttons, the lock not responding at all due to the lack of power in the base and she gave up with a sigh. Sam moved the flashlight over the door to read the large white letters painted onto it, the metal doors looking large enough to drive several semi trucks through with room to spare.

"Security Level 13, no unauthorized personnel allowed." Sam read as she looked at the door, "Well, I guess that doesn't mean me since I found the place and it is now mine, that means I am authorized to look in there."

Sam pulled at the seam to the large door and hoped that she can somehow get it to move so she can see what is behind it. She strained against the metal door with her feet braced on it, trying to get them to swing out. The lights to the base suddenly came back on to flood the area with light and allowed power to go to the doors lock once more, the keycard slot shorted out due to the dust in it and turn its display screen green. The doors slid back into the walls quickly to drop the young girl onto the floor with a thud.

"I found one of the auxiliary command centers and have reactivated the generators." The Gundams voice crackled over the speaker box built into the wall.

"Thanks for the news flash; you could have warned me you know?" Sam grumbled as she picked herself up off of the floor and rubbed her sore rear after landing on the floor.

Sam's eyes adjusted quickly to the new light levels, her eyes widened as she saw what the door was hiding behind it. "Oh… wow!"

The brown haired girl swallowed a lump in her throat as she walked into the room, one entire side of the room lined with robots set in a deactivated state, all of the ones on the bottom of the three rows looked similar scar faced Gundam but lacking certain features. Their heads looked like a helmet with a single large blue green optic, with the same weapon on his back behind them locked down into a special container system. The other two rows contain robots of two different designs, one with a heavy gatling gun and backpack behind them, and covered with a green and grey armor. The top row contained units with a red, white, and black armor with some kind of flight pack and wings folded over their shoulders, a pair of beam rifles rest in lock boxes at their side.

The young girl looked over at a two person transport resting almost directly in front of her, the flat bed of the transport containing something covered with a tarp. Sam curiously walked over to the transport and unlocked the tarp from its fasteners and pulled it back to stare in shock at the machine laying on the transport. A machine of the same design as the one that accompanied her to the base, only with the colors of his armor more vibrant and bright from lack of age or wear and tear by the elements.

"Another… Gundam." The girl barely squeaked out as she stared at the deactivated robot, his green optics blank and void of light to show his status. "But… wow, oh wow!"

"That would be one thing to say, but how about this?" A voice said behind her, causing Sam to turn around quickly to see the purple and black armored robot pointing his weapons at her. "'Please, Mister Kroc Ace, don't shoot me.' Come on, give it a try human."

"You! What are you doing here!?" The young teen shouted as she took a step back against the transport and glared at the evil mech.

"Now, that isn't what I told you to say now is it?" The single optic mech sighed as he shook his head, "I just don't understand you humans, even after being around you for so long. But, if you simply must have an answer, then we followed you. I was hoping to get my hands on that cannon that your Gundam friend has, but look at the wonderful little presents that you found for me."

The red armored robot walked over to the rack of robots arranged against the wall and let out a whistle, "Wow, look at all of these guys. With all of them we could take over the entire coast, or even this continent."

"Why stop there, we could take over this world just like our commanders wanted before the war 'ended'." Kroc smirked as he stepped forward and kept his weapons trained on the girl. "Slasher, start to work reprogramming them to serve us, they shall all make great soldiers for my army."

"Yes sir!" The horn helmeted robot said as he looked around for a computer station, "Now where to start?"

"Don't touch them!" Sam shouted as she started toward the robot only to stop as she heard a heavy metal footstep and looked at the darkly armored robot pointing a gun at her.

"Now then young missy, where is that one armed friend of yours?" The crested robot asked as he smiled his optic glowing.

"I'm right here!" The Gundam shouted as he drop kicked the dark armored robot in the side of the head to send him flying into his red armored cohort and dropping his machine gun.

The one armed Gundam landed on his feet easily and glanced behind him at the young girl as the hood of his cloak fell back to show his head and face clearly. "I suggest that you take cover, this is going to get messy fast."

Sam nodded as she swallowed a lump in her throat and moved quickly to the other side of the transport and looked over the deactivated Gundam laying on the transport bed as the one armed robot reached behind his back and pulled out a beam saber, the green blade glowing brightly as he turned his body to show his damaged side to the enemy.

"Ow… okay, that is going to hurt in the morning." The evil black and purple armored robot shook his head as he got up with the help of the horned robot and glared at the Gundam. "You are going to pay for that Gundam! Jenice, take him down!"

"Right!" The green armored robot shouted as he jumped through the doorway after having kept himself hidden till he was ordered to come out, and started to unload his machine gun on the scar faced warrior.

The Gundam grunted as he seemed to smile, the bullets tearing through his already tattered cloak but hardly phasing his armor as he dashed forward at the other machine. "If that is all you have, then this is going to be over quickly!"

"Is he really going to fight them with only one arm?" Sam asked herself softly as she watched her new protector; the battle scarred machine rushing up to the other robot and dodged some of his shots till he is close enough to strike, cutting the weapon in half with his beam saber before he kicked the Jenice into the wall. "He is!"

"Don't let him beat you, you idiot! He only has one arm!" Kroc shouted as he fired his heavy cannon at the Gundam, the explosive projective erupting as it hit the white fighter.

The blue eyed Gundam rushed out of the small fireball caused by the weapon with his cloak almost completely torn from his body, his armor only showing small signs of damage to it. The battle hardened fighter quickly blocked the heavy sword of the red armored mech as he spun around to block the attack from his left, the act surprising the horned robot. The Gundam pushed him back as he continued towards the leader of the band, the darkly armored machine pulling out the heat hawk from his back and rushing forward, the blades of the two robots weapons meeting in a flurry of sparks.

"Not bad, you are as tough as I heard you Gundams were." The single optic of the black and purple armored robot flashed as he smiled, seeming to enjoy the fight.

"You aren't that bad yourself." The Gundam knocked the other robots arm up to kicked him back a few feet before he spins around to block the sword of the other robot once more and parry his attacks. "You both seem well trained."

"Living on this planet, we have to be in order to survive." Slasher growled, the robots voice snorting, "Why don't you give up old man, you can't hope to defeat the three of us with only one arm and a beam saber."

"You might be right, but then again…" The Gundam sidestepped one of the slashes by the mechs sword to punch him hard in the face with his hand and twist it around quickly to slash one of the bull horns off of his helmet. "One arm might be all I need to defeat you."

Slasher holds his face as he staggered back, glaring at the one armed robot in anger as he gripped his weapon tighter, and his helmet smoking from the severed horn. "Who… ARE YOU!?"

"My name…" The scarred Gundam lowered his head slightly as the glared back at the red armored mech, "My name is Lieutenant Gundam X!"

"Lieutenant Gundam X?" The black and purple armored robot repeated as he stared at Gundam for a moment. "Well, since you are in the mood for exchanging names, then I guess it would only be fair to tell you mine. I am Kroc Ace, and it is the last name you are going to hear!"

Kroc dashed forward quickly as he swung his heat hawk down at the Gundam, the beam saber of the one armed machine turning quickly to block him as the red armored Slasher came up behind him with his sword blazing. The single optic of the darkly armored robot flashed as he turned slightly and let the blade of the saber cut into his shoulder armor, taking a hand off of his weapon to grab the arm of the Gundam. The blue eyes of the Lieutenant widened as he realized what is going on and quickly tried to spin around to throw the other robot at the attacker coming up behind him. Kroc's feet leave the ground quickly as he is picked up by the more powerful robot, a smile crossed his face as his cohort jumped quickly to the side, his optic reflecting the image of the third member of his group picking up one of his discarded weapons. The faded green armored Jenice pulled the trigger to the heavy cannon as the Gundam turned fully around to toss Kroc into Slasher, sending a shell into the back of the Gundam and knocking him forward.

Lieutenant staggered on his feet from the blast as he tried to regain his balance, the three machines starting to work together and coordinate their attacks better. The blue eyed Gundam jumped to his left quickly as another round is fired at him, spinning on his feet to face the regular soldier as he ducked under one of the shots. He dashed forward quickly as the round exploded behind him, intending on disposing of the weapon like he did before, only to be met by Slasher as the red armored robot dashed before him to ram him back into the wall like a mad bull. Lieutenant gasped as he is slammed repeatedly into the metal wall behind him by the enraged bot, Slasher using its thick armor to smash him into the metal surface till he dropped his saber, the beam deactivating as it left his hand. The red armored bull of a robot dashed back as the leader of the three mechs aimed his machine gun at him, the other robot using the time bought by the attack of his friend to reclaim the weapon.

"Gundams are suppose to be tough, but I guess you are only one in name." Kroc laughed as he pulled the trigger to his weapon, sending a flurry of bullets at the one armed robot. "So long Gundam! I was planning on taking your cannon, but with all of the ones here I don't need you anymore. I wish I could say it was nice knowing you… but it would be a lie."

The green armored robot chuckled as he fired the heavy cannon at the Gundam repeatedly, the explosive rounds blasting layers of paint off of the old warrior, exposing bare metal. The combined attack of the two firearms caused the Gundams body to spark, some of the rounds hitting the open wound in his side and sent him into a large fit of pain. The head of the Gundam turned slowly to look at the young human still hiding behind the deactivated unit, his blue eyes filled with pain from his injuries, wishing that she was anywhere else but there watching his end.

"This… this can't be happening." Sam thought to herself, as she watched the Gundam beaten back into the wall, the metal surface dented in the form of his body and seeming to hold him in place. "He's a Gundam; he is suppose to be the mightiest of all the robots created, guardians of the planet and of mankind. He can't be defeated by these three, he just can't be!"

One of the rounds from the cannon struck Lieutenant in the center of his chest, causing the green gem to fracture into the shape of an X, part of it flaking off onto the floor. Slasher signaled for the other two to stop firing as the mech stepped forward, raising his sword up and glaring at the now heavily damaged Gundam.

"I can't let you two have all the fun." Slasher said as the mech smiled, "Besides, I have to get him back for what he did to me."

"Whatever you say Slasher." Kroc chuckled as he looked at the now one horned robot. "You can finish him off."

"Thank you." The sword wielding robot said, as he took his sword with both hands, "I know exactly where I am going to strike. Hey Gundam, want to guess? I'll give you a hint… X marks the spot!"

Sam's eyes widened as she sees the other robot starting to run forward with his sword, "No… Lieutenant! Someone… someone please…"

The young human shut her eyes tightly as tears form in them, "Please… HELP HIM!"

As if hearing her cry, two golden rings lifted up from their dark holding place and start to spin as an orb of light formed, held captive by the rings. The sound of something starting up suddenly shocked the girl as much as the feeling of something moving quickly away from her, knocking her back onto her rear. She opened her eye to see the back of another Gundam flying towards Slasher, the white, blue, red, and gold robot sending the Dark Cirrus robot flying to the side with a single hit. The unknown Gundam landed on its feet quickly as it reached behind its back and pulls out a beam rifle, aiming it at the two others and fired off several shots. The faded green Jenice yelled out as he is sent flying by a direct hit from the weapon, his mono eye changing to form an X before he hit's the ground and shut down, his body sparking from a hole blown through his armor. Kroc growled as he jumped back and dashed quickly to avoid the shots, and stopped close to the fallen red armored robot to help him to his feet.

"B-Boss!" Slasher stammered, the red warriors voice now sounded much different, more like a womans. "It's another- MY VOICE!"

"Another Gundam X." The purple and black armored robot snarled as he helps his comrade up, "That girl must have activated him."

The green optics of the newly awaked Gundam flash for a moment, a pair of green eyes form in them that match Sam's. "Dark Cirrus robots… here in the base?"

The young Gundam kept his beam rifle trained on the two robots, causing them both to jump back in fear. Slasher looked at the leader of the now duo for a moment before looking back at the Gundam, pointing at Kroc as if trying to indicate that the Gundam should shoot him first instead. The green eyed robot seemed to narrow his eyes as he picked up the sight of the battle damaged Lieutenant, his mind figuring out quickly what was going on, taking a step toward the two robots. The two remaining bandits step back with each step the Gundam took, not sure how well armed he is after being reactivated, but not wanting to risk fighting a fully functional unit. Slasher edged away quickly as Kroc started to do the same, spotting a door further away that is partly open due to another malfunction with the lock, the two making a ran for it quickly.

"T-this is only a temporary retreat!" Kroc shouted as he ran away with Slasher, "We'll be back!"

The newly activated Gundam lowered his beam rifle as he saw the two exit the door, his head following the sound of their feet on the floor outside the room, making sure that they exit the base. The green eyed unit turned around to look at the one armed unit curiously, walking over to him to help him out of the wall.

"You are badly damaged, sir; we should get you to the base mechanics right away." The younger Gundam said, helping to support Lieutenant, his voice sounding like a young teenage boy.

"Lieutenant!" Sam shouted as she came out from her hiding place and started to run over to the one armed Gundam, only to stop as the other units head snapped up to look at her. "Oh… Uhm, hi."

The Gundam studied her for a minute, giving her a curious look, "You don't look old enough to be a mechanic… Are you a member of a cadet training corps?"

The corner of the girls lip twitched a bit as she smiled nervously, trying to figure out what the robot was asking her. "Uhm… I guess you can say that. I am a mechanic."

"Excellent, this unit requires repairs." The other Gundam said as he continued to help the one armed Gundam.

Lieutenant grumbled as he worked himself free of the other Gundam X's hold, staggering a bit on his feet before he regained his balance with the aid of the wall. "I don't need help walking… I'm fine."

"But… you are still badly damaged, sir, you need to rest and get repairs." The green eyed Gundam said, his eyes filled with alarm for the other unit's condition.

"I do need rest, but I don't need your help walking." Lieutenant sighed as he walked over to the transport and sat down on the flatbed, the younger Gundam staying close by to catch him if he should stumble.

Sam looked at the older battle scarred Gundam, swallowing a hard lump in her throat. "Are you sure that you are going to be okay Lieutenant? You look like you could fall apart at any second now."

"I'm fine Sam." The blue eyed Gundam sighed as he rested on the transport, "I have been survived worse then those three before."

"That is good to hear Lieutenant." The green eyed Gundam X said, seeming to smile. "I shall alert the mechanical bay that you will be arriving."

The younger Gundam turned around and paused as he started to look around him, looking confused by his surroundings. "Wait… where are we? This isn't Gaia Centre Headquarters… Where are the other units and personnel? Didn't they try to stop the Dark Cirrus forces from invading the base?"

Sam exchanged looks with the Lieutenant before looking at the other Gundam and let out a sigh, "Something tells me that we are going to have a talk, and you aren't going to like it."