Location: Desert
The Spirit of Motherwill is walking through the desert. A Next is approaching on a VOB unit. The Next is an AALIYAH frame with a modified White Glint chest with a motorcobra as its right arm weapon and a moonlight as its left. It has a TRESOR plasma canon on its left back and on its right a GRB-TRAVERS grenade cannon. It has a black and red color scheme that makes the red look like a blood splat on the unit.
"VOB depleted prepare for normal combat maneuvers" a female voice says.
"Hey Alex becareful" A different female voice says.
"Don't worry Wynne D. I got this!" A ecstatic male voice says. The VOB purges from the Next and its overed boosters open up and it takes off at a slower pace than what the VOB gave. Motherwill's smaller weapons begin to fire at the Next that is quickly charging in. The Next dodges the missiles and manages to land on one of the wings of Motherwill. He slides along and begins to fire on the missile launchers on this wing. The launchers explode and the Next jumps up and lands on the main gun. The Next's laser blade activates and he slashes the guns and they explode.
"Alex, Serene Haze says she just picked up on a huge amount of Kojima leaking out of the Motherwill you need to get out of there!" Wynn D. Yells over the com link.
Then another Next, Kill Dozer, flies in and punches the Aaliyah frame next.
"Empty Skies, huh what a weird name" A slightly crazed voice says "Oh well I'll kill ya either way".
Then the Kojima particles begin to fill the air around Motherwill.
"GET OUT OF THEIR THAT'S AN ORDER!".
The Next, Empty Skies, begins to engage overed boost but then Kill Dozer slams him again and the boosters shut off and the next Empty Skies slams into the remains of Motherwill's main gun.
"Haze, Wynne D. I'm sorry but my boosters have gone offline from to much damage. I'll see you guys in the bar up top".
Then the Spirit of Motherwill explodes and everything disappears.
…
(Area 11 Ghetto)
a battle between the Rebels and Britannia has broken out amidst the chaos a young man with black hair and purple eyes stands among dead bodies of soldiers and a woman with green hair. The Next known as Empty Skies crashes into a building a crossed from them.
"What was that" The young man thinks.
The Next stands up to its full height making the young man stare at it in disbelief. A blue/black mech comes in shooting at the Next but its bullets are blocked by a green field. The Next retreats back getting away without firing at the mech. The mech looks at the young man.
"Identify yourself" A female voice says.
"I have an I.D. please step out and let me show you".
"Fine" the female voice says.
Then the mech's back opens up and the pilot pops out. The pilot has bluish teal hair, yellow eyes, dark skin. She is wearing her pilot suit.
The young man looks her in the eyes.
"I Lelouch Vi Britannia command you to give me your Knightmare!" The young man says.
The woman gets down from her mech and pulls out a flashdrive like object and throws it to him.
"The code is…"
…
(In the city)
"Empty Skies to anyone is anyone on this channel. My unit has booster issues and I need assistance. Anyone out there at all!?".
"Who the hell is this! This is a secure Channel".
"I'm Alex D. Fanchon, the pilot of Empty Skies. My boosters have malfunctioned and I cannot achieve max speed following that I am being shot at by strange Normals and ground troops!".
"Sir, we don't have you on any Britannian Records. Oh Prince Clovis!".
"Hello Mr. Alex are you the giant Knightmare frame that isn't fighting back and is moving this way" a different male voice says.
"Yes, I am".
"All units don't engage the giant black and red Knightmare frame. Ok Mr. Alex please continue on your route and we'll talk some" the male says.
"Thank you ummmm Clovis was it?".
"Yes, I am excited to meet you, who has such a huge Knightmare".
"It's a Next".
"What ever".
"Oh are you on the phone with that giant knightmare!" An ecstatic voice says.
"Next".
"It doesn't madder, I absolutely must get to have a look at it!".
"Hey, do you happen to know if you could repair the boosters on this".
"Oh yes, I believe so!".
"Thank the heavens".
…
(Ghetto)
A Next appears in the middle of a street infront of a Glasgow frame.
"What the hell" a female voice says.
"Now where am I" A male voice says through the females com link.
"Who are you!" the female asks.
"Maximillian Thermidor, and who are you Raven".
"I'm Kallen Kozuki and I'm piloting a Glasgow not a urrm Raven".
"It seems you are in combat with something".
"Yeah Britannia".
"I see. I shall assist in your rebellion Ms. Kallen. Lead the way".
"Unsung! Damn is it good to see your on the grid!".
"Hello Nightmare its been awhile, where are you?".
"Um going to talk to some guy named Clovis. Hope he can help me get my boosters repaired".
"Hey you why are you going to the Britannians for help!" Kallen yells.
"Who the hell is that!? She sounds hot".
"Why are you going to help Britannia!".
"Hey hey they offered me parts to fix my Next with".
"Nightmare, I'm sending my coordinates head here. I'll get some of my spares together and we can fix your unit".
"You know what, That sounds better then letting those bastards who haven't a clue what there doing. Here I come".
"Who was that guy?".
"His real name is unknown to even me, he goes by Nightmare when he is working for ORCA he is trust worthy but he refuses to tell his real name or maybe he doesn't have one".
"Alright, but if he is a total perv I'm going to kick his ass".
"Good luck with that".
Then three of the blue black Knightmare frames come out from behind a building and start shooting at Unsung. Unsung replies by shooting two rounds from his rifle and one from his laser rifle and The knightmare's explode from the size of the rounds.
"Let us continue".
The Glasgow and Unsung begin to move forward and then Empty Skies walks infront of them.
"Hey guys its good to see friendly faces around" Alex laughs out.
"Wait how come the knightmares weren't attacking you?".
"I don't know".
They group up and begin to move at the Glasgow's pace until they arrive at a base.
"Ohgi!" Kallen says getting out of her Glasgow.
Ohgi walks out of the building.
"Kallen, Who are you friends?".
Then Unsung opens up revealing a large and powerful looking man with brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. He is wearing a skin tight jumpsuit in the same color scheme as Unsung with Unsung's emblem on the shoulders.
Then Empty Skies opens up revealing another man who is bigger than Thermidor, has red eyes, pitch black hair with a red streak that hangs down in his face, pale skin, and a scar that is under his eye.
"Hey Thermidor you got those parts?" Alex asks.
"Yep, but we need to get somewhere safe so you can fix it".
"Mr. Ogi do you have a place I could repair my Next?" Alex asks looking down at the man named Ogi.
"Ummm sure. Guys open the building up!".
Alex remotely pilots his next into the building and makes it bend down. Alex climbs down and Thermidor drops the parts off in a large box.
"Damn am I glad you pack these".
"Kallen, Ogi I'll assist in defending this place tell me where to go".
"Q1!" a male voice yell over the rebel radio.
"Who is this" Kallen asks using her radio.
"Does it madder, I'm here to help".
"How can we trust someone if we don't know who they are?".
"Just trust me".
"Alright boy tell us what is your brilliant plan" Alex says using a radio he found laying on the ground.
"Just trust me".
"Your call Thermidor".
"We'll trust him for now".
"Hey you lazy bums help the man fix his boosters!" Ogi yells.
Then about four people come scrabbling up to Alex.
"here is what we need to do".
…
(Ghetto)
Unsung and Kallen are going along and then a small army of Knightmares begin to charge.
"Kallen retreat I'll handle these whelps".
"NO!".
"Do it your rebellion needs you not me".
Then Kill Dozer appears and charges at Unsung. Unsung leaps into the air and Kill Dozer slams through a building.
"Thermidor! Today you'll DIE!".
"I doubt it" Thermidor replies.
"Kallen, Thermidor repairs are complete I'm going to join up with you guys just watch the skies as they become empty!".
Then Empty Skies comes flying in and it slams into the ground next to Kallen. Kill Dozer looks at Empty Skies and begins to charge at him. Empty Skies jumps into the sky and his grenade cannon drops down. The grenade cannon fires a round that impacts the ground behind Kill Dozer dealing damage to him without hitting Kallen.
"Quit running my prey!".
The grenade cannon returns to its standby state and Empty Skies drops to the ground.
"Kallen get moving. Don't want you to get caught up in the cross fire".
"Right" Kallen says making her Glasgow go as fast as it can away.
"Just you and me!" Alex says.
Kill Dozer charges at Empty Skies while Unsung is blasting the Knightmares.
"All right we got some of the Knightmare frames!" Ogi yells on the radio.
Empty Skies' eyes turn a bright red and the moonlight blade engages but it is crimson red. Empty Skies launches forward and swings the moonlight cutting Kill Dozer in half.
"Hello again Mr. Alex why are you helping the resistance?" Clovis asks over a com link.
"Computer seal off this com link".
Then Clovis's com link disappears off of the Lynx's screen.
"Thermidor, doesn't this feel to easy to you".
"Yes far to easy. Like if all of our opponents are M.T.s".
"N1 and U1, I need you two to hold your position a powerful white and gold knightmare frame that is wiping us out".
"Right" Alex says.
"Unsung I got this find Kallen and keep her safe".
"All right good luck my friend"
…
(Ghetto)
a white and gold Knightmare is destroying many of the stolen knightmares.
"Suzaku I need to see if you can take on something called Empty Skies sending coordinates" Lloyd says.
"Aright, headed there now".
Then Empty Skies comes into view with the lights around it giving it a very ominous appearance. Suzaku readies his rifle and opens fire. The bullets are stopped by green armor and so Suzaku drops the rifle and draws out a sword.
"Computer, change call sign to Nightmare" Alex says.
Then all the parts on Empty Skies begin to have a ominous crimson glow to them. Empty Skies call sign then changes to Nightmare and its armor seems lock in tighter. Nightmare, with a thunderous roar takes to the skies.
"Hello!" Alex's voice echos through the city.
Then a com link shows up on Alex's HUD.
"Mr. Alex would you kindly hand over your unit" Lloyd says.
"How about I show you my true power. Engaging experimental mode!".
Then all weapons, besides the moonlight blade, purge. The moonlight blade activates and releases a black and red blade that is almost triple in size of its usual size.
"Run, I'll let you live if you do".
"Suzaku its not worth losing the Lancelot head back".
The white and gold Knightmare turns around and makes its way backwards. Nightmare's armor returns to normal and the moonlight shuts off.
"Good thing to, I don't know how well that would have worked out" Alex thinks.
Nightmare picks up its purged weapons and reequips them. Alex closes the comlink with Lloyd.
"Computer, return call sign to Empty Skies".
The ominous glow disappears and the eye color becomes a dull red.
"Nightmare, I just detected a Kojima power surge from your location, you alright?" Thermidor asks over a new com link that opened up.
"Just fine".
"Was it your UW?".
"Yes".
"Good I'm glad they don't have those".
"Very true".
"THIS IS PRINCE CLOVIS ALL UNITS DISENGAGE AND FALL BACK" Clovis's voice says on a loud speaker "REPEAT ALL UNITS DISENGAGE AND FALL BACK!".
"Sounds like we've won" Thermidor says.
"Hey Nightmare" A female voice says on the comlink.
"Who is this?".
"It's Kallen, you idiot".
"Sorry forgot Thermidor patched you in".
"Ok lets head back to base" Kallen says.
"Nightmare, take care of the resistance I'm going to hit the Britannians" Thermidor says.
"See ya on the other side".
…
("Terrorist" base)
Alex has the Computer running diagnostics on the entire unit making sure the UW didn't fuck up something. Kallen is watching Alex with a close eye still unsure if she should trust the Lynx who's name is currently unknown to her.
"Hey Kallen, you can stop sticking to the shadows and watching me. Besides the only reason I haven't told you my name is because I don't work for Thermidor. He knows only my Alias and if you can keep a secret I'll tell ya my name".
Kallen then walks next to the Lynx as he continues to watch the diagnostics.
"The names Alex D. Fanchon adopted by Wynne D. Fanchon's father who told me quite bluntly I was adopted, Wynne D. and I was always had a relationship that was a little beyond brother and sister. I am rank 4 in collard a single rank below Wynne D. also I am called the Nightmare by ORCA because the first time I met them I was slaughtering a Next who could only see the glow of my units eyes and to them it was like a nightmare" Alex says "I hope we can be friends".
"How much combat have you experienced".
"Not much in the way of Next vs Normals, I specialize in Next vs Next and Next vs AF's".
"How many battles and what the heck is an AF?".
"First AF stand for arms forts they carry more fire power than the average Next and they are more controllable by the League. Hey Computer, how many battles have we been through?".
"35 not including practice runs and simulations".
"That's not much".
"How many Next kills?".
"50 not including the sims".
"What about the Arms Forts" Kallen asks putting her hand on her hip.
"I have killed… at least 20 of the things".
"No very many of them how can you call that specializing in fighting them".
"Arms Forts require many people and a shit ton of resources to build so there isn't many of them. Computer!, put all recordings to do with first Motherwill and the Answerer in a file and prepare to upload".
Alex pulls out a flash drive and puts it into his unit.
"Upload now".
"Upload complete".
Alex pulls it out and throws it to Kallen.
"Enjoy".
Alex gets into his unit and then pulls out some a brown leather duster along with blue jeans and a plain red tee shirt. He climbs down and Kallen looks at him funny.
"What are you doing?" Kallen asks.
"Gonna get changed. Got a private place or should I do it right here?".
"The bathrooms" Kallen says with serious face.
Alex lets out a sigh and says "Your no fun". Alex goes to the bathrooms and Kallen looks at the flash drive and then at Empty Skies.
"What hells could he have gone through".
"Hey Kallen where's that guy who pilots this?" Ogi asks walking into the room.
"He's getting changed".
"Alright, Do you think you can get him into Ashford?".
"Why?" Kallen asks.
"I figure since he hasn't a clue what is going on he'd be better off there".
Then Alex walks in wearing the clothes he had pulled out of his mech.
"A duster!? How the hell did you afford one of those?" Ohgi asks.
"If your world took the same currency we have then I could purchase an army of Nexts. I've made a lot of money working with Wynne".
"Wow you have a lot of the money" Ohgi says.
"I don't care about it at all though. I enjoy the merc trade".
"Hey, Alex do you want to go to the Ashford Academy here in town?" Kallen asks.
"Sure, I guess got nothing better to do".
"Alright then I'll see if I can't get it set up".
Alex then pulls out a picture of a young woman. She has golden blond hair that is chin length, green eyes, pale skin. She has on a white, black, and gold jumpsuit that makes her bust very obvious. Ohgi gets behind Alex and looks at the picture.
"Is that your girl or something?".
"My sister".
"But you don't look anything alike".
"I was adopted".
"Alright. What is your name anyways?".
"Alex D. Fanchon. Don't tell Thermidor my real name if you would I don't trust that man at all".
"Then why do you work with him".
"That way I can keep an eye on him".