Hello everyone! Welcome to Mobile Suit Gundam: White Savior! The first thing I was to state is the fact that this Gundam story is original. At least 75% to 85% original. You may see a few things in this that you may recognize from popular video games, movies, or maybe some animes, but the story is original. I really wanted to put this story in a Gundam section that was not connected to any other universe such as SEED, UC, Future Century and so on. As I searched through the sections available for posting this story I figured out that there is no "Other Universe" section for this story, since I never intended on basing it off of a universe. I wanted to create my own. However, I also wanted everyone to be able to read it... so I sucked in my pride and made the choice to make this an alternate universe to SEED. There will never be a "SEED Mode" in this story. There will not be Kira Yamato or any of the other characters from the anime. This written work is the result of the time taken from my friend Knt Commander and myself, Weapon of Light. I do not claim ownership of anything Gundam, merely a fan writing out his own story. Copyright belongs to Bandai. Whenever you see a line going through the text it means there is a transition that will follow to either another place in the story or a flashback. If anything else needs to be explained I will add it in on upcoming updates. If there happens to be something that is disliked or hated in this story please do not click the review button and post it here. That's foolish. If you have something that bothers you and want to make sure I am aware of how you feel, please feel free to send me a message. Any reviews that involve insults to other readers or myself will be removed as soon as I am made aware of them. I am a busy person, so I do not have a lot of free time to write these days. Please understand that updates may be far apart from each other, I apologize in advance. So please, relax, grab something to eat, grab a drink, sit back and enjoy the story. It's a GUNDAM!!
Also: This is my first attempt at writing a story with a female as the main character. This is also my first attempt at writing in "past tense", so please be patient with me. I'm learning. Any thought out and well constructed criticism is welcomed.
Mobile Suit Gundam: White Savior
Chapter 1: The Exodus Begins
As time continues through the universe one thing remains the same. Regardless of the evolution of the human race there is one constant; War… war is a continual disturbance in the natural order, a plague that never ceases to stop until the other side is completely destroyed. Time and time again war has broken out as countless lives are lost… including innocent lives.
As technology has progressed through the many years war has advanced as well, gaining new forms every time a new weapon is created. One of the latest forms of war which was created to completely surpass all other types of weapons on Earth and in space. It is called a Mobile Suit.
The first time these new weapons appeared on the battlefield the enemy forces were completely overwhelmed, out gunned and out classed in every possible way. While they were defeated easily other enemy nations were watching the battles with great interest in these Mobile Suits. Before long the world had gained another way to wage war upon each other. Mobile Suits.
It was not too long before all sides of the war had their own Mobile Suits with each side displaying different abilities and strengths. Because of the intense hatred for other nations each nation created their own design, flawless in their own eyes. Regardless of their own "perfection", they studied and learned from each other. And just like a weed is to a garden, war continues to appear in this so called "peaceful universe".
As the war spread across the once beautiful Earth people began to rise up against their own nations, demanding that they be free of this war. Many years after four massive state size colonies were built in outer space, marking the first time in history that humans were able to live in space. Completely separate from the nations on Earth the four colonies became completely independent, with their own leaders and government. The first colony built was named Eden, after the biblical garden representing peace. One colony became solely dedicated to researching technology and quickly became the least liked of the four colonies. It was here at the space colony R.E.A.C.H that they researched and sold technologies and weapons to the highest bidder, excluding Mobile Suits since the colony swore to never produce them.
The third colony was built to produce crops and other forms of food for the other three colonies and is the second largest colony, with Eden being the largest. The fourth colony is another living area named Genesis. All four of the colonies have one leader that watches over them, the president of the space nations. The president is to set a leader in each colony that reports to him on a monthly basis. From Earth, each nation has a considerable amount of citizens that moved to the colonies, escaping war for good. However… it is the nature of a weed to show up in the most unexpected of places.
On the space colony R.E.A.C.H it is a bright and sunny day as far as it goes for artificial weather. A cool breeze flowed throughout the colony as the tree limbs on the trees waved back and forth. The birds chirped and talked to each other as other small animals scurried back and forth collecting food as they avoided the people walking by. Some kids ran through the park on this Saturday afternoon while one of them fell flat on their face in the grass. The other kids turned around and ran to their friends aid as the kid looked up with a huge smile across his face. The others laughed at him before running off, quickly being followed by the one that fell. As they continued through the park the one that fell just a few seconds before fell again, this time on the pavement. The kids turned around again as the kid who fell began to cry. He lifted his head with a little bit of blood coming from his mouth. He picked up a tooth on the ground and started to cry even more.
"What's the matter little man?" asked a young woman from behind, bending down to the boy. "Looks like you lost a tooth there."
"It hurts!" the boy cried as he wiped away his tears.
"It will only hurt for a few minutes, then you will start to feel better. I promise." the woman told the boy before he stopped crying. "Now don't you feel a little bit better after crying it out?"
"Uh huh! Thanks lady!" exclaimed the little boy before running off with the others.
The woman stood up as the wind began to blow again, gently rubbing her cheeks as her long light blue hair started to flow with the wind. Her violet eyes searched the park for the one supposed to meet with her. A black t-shirt with black short shorts was what she wore, with a small red vest that was not even big enough to latch in front of her. The woman tapped her shoes on the ground while impatience rushed through her thoughts.
"Fiona!" called a young man from behind her. "Sorry I'm late!" The young man wore a white t-shirt with blue jeans and black boots. He had short brown hair and green eyes that fully locked onto Fiona.
"You're late… as usual." said Fiona with a bit of annoyance in her voice.
"I'm sorry okay!? I was held up in my last class!" explained the young man.
"Fine. Let's go to lunch then." said Fiona with a small smile. "Where do you want to go for lunch today?"
"I heard a new fast food place opened on Main Street today. Let's go check that place out." the young man suggested.
"Sounds good, mister Ryan Wess." said Fiona with a slight hint of irritation.
"What did I do now, miss Fiona Harper?" asked Ryan with a curious look to his face.
"I'm sorry Ryan… I tried to contact my parents again today…" replied Fiona with her arms crossed. "They are still ignoring me…"
"Mom! Dad! I want to go to college at Reach! Why won't you let me go!?" asked Fiona as her parents stand before her in their living room.
"That colony supplies Earth with weapons and I will not have my daughter helping them in the creation of those weapons!" the father replied back in a loud tone.
"Your father and I only want what is best for you Fiona… why can't you see that?" questioned the mother.
"You're wrong mother… you want what is best for you two, not me! I'm going to the colony so I can learn how to work with computers and even create new programs and software!" Fiona exclaims.
"You're not going there! We will block all of your funding! I forbid you to go Fiona!" her father yelled.
"I don't even have any interest in the war or helping them create weapons! Why are you doing this to me!?" cried Fiona as she weeps in from of them.
"I am your father and this is your mother! We know what is best for our daughter! Now you will do as we say or leave right now!" shouted the father before Fiona snapped her head towards them.
"Then I'm leaving! This is my dream and I want to see it through all the way to the end!" Fiona shouted back.
"Fiona Lisa Harper! You will watch how you talk to your father and I!" yelled her mother.
"No mother! This is my dream!" Fiona yelled back before she turned around to walk out the door.
"If you walk out that door… never come back. I don't want to receive letters from you or phone calls from you! Do you understand what I am saying to you Fiona!?" the father roared while Fiona stopped at the door.
"I do understand… my parents will have nothing to do with me because of my dream." Fiona replied before she turned her head to them with her eyes filled with tears. "Regardless… I will always love you two."
"I'm sure they will come around one day Fiona." Ryan attempted to comfort as her eyes fill with tears.
"Let's go get something to eat. I'm really hungry now." said Fiona before she walked ahead. Ryan let out a sigh before he followed her.
He knew that she was really in pain over this with her parents, yet he couldn't do anything about it because of her withdrawn nature. In his mind she was the best thing that happened to him. At first he thought that this shy girl would never warm up to him. A few weeks ago she finally had begun to, even accepted a date offer from him. Fiona had always been a shy girl around others, but she opened up to him, and him alone. That feeling kept Ryan going day after day.
Deeper into the colony in the main weapons manufacturing building a man who wore a lab coat walked into a dark room filled with business men who were waiting for this man to arrive. It was so dark that none of their faces could be seen. The man in the coat made his way to the table where the men sat. Some of the men were tapping their fingers across the table in front of them as others simply grumbled at the pace of the man in the coat.
"Gentlemen… and I use the term very loosely… you have gathered here today for one reason and one only…" the man in the coat started.
"We are not waiting for a circus act or anything like that! Get to what we want to know about project White Savior!" one of the men shouted across the table.
"Seems I should have used the term even looser than I did… as I stand before you today on this Saturday afternoon… project White Savior is complete." the man in the lab coat announced as the whole room lit up with cheers and laughter. "Now let us begin the long conversation about the price for the ownership of this item."
"The United Alliance of Earth will pay whatever you want for it!" shouted a bald man across the table.
"My my… that's quite an offer you have there." the man in the coat replied while another man stood up.
"The United Alliance will not be getting their hands on this Mobile Suit! The Nation of Iraq will pay double whatever is offered!" the dark skinned man yelled.
"Now now gentlemen, we are civilized here. I must remind you that we are on neutral grounds. Now then… let's start to bid at one hundred million." the man in the coat said as the men at the table begin to raise their hands.
Inside of the college in a classroom filled with bright students… some worse off than others… Fiona sat at her desk in the middle of the brightly lit room. She let out a sigh as she continued her assignment. She wondered about her parents before her eyes started to fill with tears again. At that point Ryan reached over and gently placed his hand on top of hers. She looked over to her right and met with his eyes. A sudden rush of heat filled her face as she quickly turned away from him and went back to work on her assignment. Ryan laughed a bit before he turned to return to his work. Fiona knew that Ryan was a nice guy, yet she didn't know why she was hesitating so much with him. She never had a boyfriend before him, which was sad to her since most girls her age had had at least a few boyfriends before now. Ryan was real nice to her and always thought of her over himself, which she liked the most about him. Another rush of heat filled her face before the instructor walked over to her.
"Are you alright Fiona? Your face is cherry red." said the instructor.
"No I'm fine!" Fiona panicked before she went back to her work.
After the class had ended Ryan made his way over to Fiona who was still cherry red. Ryan could almost make out steam rising from the top of her head. Ryan seemed to be a little surprised by this, but he knew why she acted this way. All because of her shy nature, which he found very attractive. Fiona stayed at her desk for a few minutes while Ryan waited around for her beside her. Finally she perked up and looked around to realize that everyone had left already.
"Huh? Where did everyone go?" she asked before Ryan let out a "Are you serious?" sigh.
"Come on Fiona. Let's go get some dinner. I hate four hour long classes." said Ryan as he took her by the hand.
"And the new project will go to none other than Kelvin Blackard!" shouted the man in the lab coat as everyone seemed to be less than excited about this result.
"Kelvin Blackard? Isn't that the infamous leader of the space pirates?" asked one man while whispering to another.
"Have the unit shipped to these coordinates at your earliest convenience." Kelvin told the man in the lab coat as he placed a large briefcase in front of him. Full of nothing but cash.
"Yes sir!" the man in the coat shouted with glee, almost tempted to hug Kelvin. The so called leader of the pirates left the room before the men in there began to plot.
"Call in the forces." one man said into his watch, which was doubling as a communicator. "That's fine, as long as project White Savior is in our grasp I don't care how many innocents are lost. Just make it happen."
"We will not let them get their hands on this machine… Brothers, the time is now." another man spoke into a hidden mic on his shirt button.
"I wonder if these men knew that this entire room is bugged and has several sensitive microphones to ear everything they are saying into their own mics?" the man in the lab coat asked himself before he looked at the case full of money again. "Ehh… who cares?"
A red car pulled up to an apartment building before the lights switched off while the engine turned off. Out of the cars passenger side stood Fiona with a quick yawn that followed. She knew that she was really tired and needed to get some rest. Ryan waved goodbye to her before he turned the lights back on and turning the ignition to the car. The lights turned on again before Ryan turned the car around to drive over to his own apartment building half a block down. Fiona waved for about ten seconds before she walked inside the building. The door shut behind her before a bright light blinded her upon reaching the stairs. She always hated that blasted light since it always caught her off guard, regardless of how long she had lived there. The boring tan wallpaper on the walls also annoyed her to no bounds. Even though the tan wallpaper was better than the spotted curtains that the apartment supplied each room. It was so late at night, all of her friends were already asleep, dreading the next day which was finals. Every part of Fiona hated finals. Then again, she knew that she only had one more year to go through before finally receiving her associates degree in computer engineering and information systems. Even though she was at the top of her class she still hated finals just like any other student. Fiona finally walked into her room before tripping over something in the middle of her floor. A squeak can be heard as Fiona placed her hands out to land on the floor without hurting herself.
"Lights!" she shouted as the computer acknowledged her command. The lights turned on as a furry face met with hers. "Ranpu! What are you doing in the middle of the floor? I almost squashed you!" A white ferret with a silver face and black eyes jumped up and latched onto her shirt, quickly making its way around her neck to rest.
"How is my little guy doing? I've missed you all day long!" Fiona told her ferret while she rubbed her index finger up and down Ranpu's face as he closed his eyes to enjoy it. "I'm going to take a shower right now Ranpu. Go on, get in bed and I will be back in a few minutes." she told the ferret before he hopped off of her shoulders and right onto her bed a few inches from them.
Ranpu rolled up while Fiona walked into her bathroom and shut the door behind her. The sound of running water could be heard for about fifteen minutes before it stopped. Fiona walked back out with her night clothes on, still brushing her hair. Ranpu squeaked at her before she sat down on the bed and placed her brush on a small table to the right of her bed. She then raised her arms into the air before falling back with her hair falling on top of her face. Ranpu then rushed up to her face with a few squeaks that made Fiona laugh a bit. Before too long Fiona fell asleep with Ranpu on her stomach, rolled up into a ball again. A few hours passed by as Fiona woke to a strange sound outside of her building. The building suddenly shook a bit which startled her and Ranpu. The lights flickered on and off as she noticed something outside of her window. That was crazy though since she was three stories up. Something else moved past her window which forced her to peek that time. Right there in front of her stood a green and darker green mobile suit.
"What the…!? A mobile suit!? Here in the colony!?" Fiona panicked before she fell out of her bed. Ranpu walked over to the edge of the bed while looking at Fiona who was rubbing her rear end at that moment. "Ouch…"
Fiona did not waste any time after she dressed in her normal clothes. She made her way to the first floor of the building with Ranpu on her neck. The shakes became worse as people started to shout in the apartment. Fiona walked out of the door to the building while three mobile suits with machine guns walked through the street. Fiona noticed that they looked a bit poorly designed with barely any armor at all. The feet looked to be the most armored part of the whole suit. The body looked like it barely had any armor on. The head of these three suits were the same. Two large green eyes with a complete face mask, almost seeming to look like a desert bandit.
"Why are mobile suits in the colony? This colony has a no mobile suit policy!" stated Fiona as a loud whistling noise could suddenly be heard. "What's that?"
Suddenly the three suits turned around and began to fire into the air, catching Fiona off guard. A multitude of missiles then rained down on the mobile suits and the area behind them. All three suits were taken out along with the buildings behind them. The blast from the rain of missiles was so great that it threw Fiona back regardless of the distance. She landed on her butt before she fell back and turned to avoid hitting her head from behind. Ranpu rolled up beside her before lying flat on the ground.
"What was…?" she started before realizing where the missiles actually hit. "No…!"
A numb feeling overcame her as she stood to her feet, watching the fire consume the apartment building that Ryan had lived in for a year now. One mobile suit survived the attack as it limped over to the building and held its left arm towards the blazing apartment. Foam suddenly shot out of the wrist of the mobile suit as Fiona started to run in that direction. At that point she thought that Ryan may be okay, but she wanted to get to him right away. The mobile suit is then shot from behind by a beam through the chest. This forced Fiona to stop dead in her tracks as the mobile suit that tried to put out the flames falls forward onto the building and explodes.
"NO!!" screamed Fiona as Ryan's apartment building and the two around it were completely destroyed.
Fiona dropped to her knees at that point and screamed for the loss of her boyfriend. She really cared for him… now he was only to exist in her memories. Tears flowed out of her eyes as she looked above upon hearing the sound of a set of mobile suit thrusters. She may not have seen a mobile suit in person before tonight, but she knew what the thrusters sounded like. A set of three dull white colored mobile suits flew over her head just long enough for her to make out that they were armed with small beam rifles and that they belonged to the United Alliance. They passed in a matter of seconds before Fiona slammed her right fist against the pavement.
"Why!? Why are they here!? This colony was suppose to have an anti-mobile suit law!" shouted Fiona as alarms began to sound throughout the district. "I loved Ryan!!"
Fiona let out a scream as Ranpu rubbed up against her right side, whining a bit. Fiona stood to her feet and picked up Ranpu with even more tears flowing out of her eyes. She knew that this place wasn't safe. Her own apartment building was already evacuating to the shelter down the street. However Fiona knew that even the shelter wasn't safe. There was only one place she knew was safe and far away from the battle area. Her college campus had an underground shelter, she could take shelter there for now. Fiona then sprinted across the street, taking one last look at the apartment building that use to be Ryan's. She darted into an alley as even more of the United Alliance mobile suits flew overhead. The college was a few minutes away driving distance, but running was different. Finally after fifteen minutes of running Fiona reached the campus of her college. At the moment it was completely empty, even the security guards were gone. Without hesitation Fiona picked up a half full garbage can and threw it through the glass doors to her college. The garbage can shattered the doors before Fiona carefully walked through. If her memory served her correctly, the shelter was in the basement. Power seemed to be cut off from the building at that moment so Fiona opened the door to the stairs just past the reception desk. Another shake threw Fiona off balance as she was running down the stairs, forcing her to latch onto the rails along the wall. She then continued to the basement, really panting due to the lack of sleep and running she had been doing in the last half hour. Upon entering the basement she could see that the shelter was wide open, waiting for anyone that wished to enter it. Yet another shake threw Fiona off balance and to the floor as the ceiling collapses, blocking the entrance to the shelter.
"That's wonderful…what now?" she asked herself while she looked around the basement.
Something caught her eye. A room behind the wall on the right side of the room. What was that room doing there? She had never seen it before. Still, anything was better than waiting in the basement. Fiona walked into the room as Ranpu jumped out of her arms. Fiona was startled by this before she chased after him. It turned out that there was a set of stairs that led down even further. Ranpu finally stopped at the end of a poorly lit walkway before Fiona picked him up and placed him in her arms again.
"What have I told you about running off like that?" she scolded him as another shake from the fighting above caused her to fall.
Fiona fell to the hard metal walkway as the lights turned on to the entire room. She slowly stood to her feet before taking notice of a large mobile suit to her right. She snapped her head towards it as she stood to her feet in fear. A mobile suit? It made its way all the way down here? Fiona then realized that it was standing right in front of the wall with cables still attached to it. Clearly this machine had never left the room before. She looked it over as something about it… attracted her to it. The head of the suit was like nothing she had ever seen before. It was a white head with a white V attached to the forehead, held in place by a red piece of metal. On the sides of the head were what looked like vents for relieving heat. The face of the suit was white like the head, but had a small red piece that stuck out under the chin area. A small barrel on the left and right of the head let her know that they were vulcans. The green eyes of the suit forced her to take a step forward in pure amazement. She never really liked mobile suits, yet this one for some reason made her ignore her feelings. The chest of the suit was blue with a darker blue trimming around the front of the chest that came out more than the rest of the suit. On the left and right of the piece that stuck out was another set of vents with dark blue trimming around them. Below the vents and around the sides was a red color, followed by white below that. The shoulders of this machine looked like armor that belonged to a knight in her eyes. They were white with blue on the inside of the outer part of the shoulders. The arms were box shaped, yet curved at the edges with dark gray joints that held them together. The legs off the machine were white with some blue around the calves. The feet were red, almost looking like a pair of shoes.
"Wow…" escaped Fiona's mouth as she clasped her hands over it. She had no idea what was coming over her. Mobile suits had just killed her boyfriend, yet here she was, completely in awe over this one. She took another step closer before a light lit up under her right foot. The railing to the walkway right in front of Fiona fell down as a small bridge is extended to the cockpit of the mobile suit. The cockpit opened while Fiona walked along the bridge. She looked inside the cockpit only to see the seat and controls next to it. She sat down in the seat as a sudden chill ran up and down her spine, only this chill was not out of fear. Something felt right to her about being in this suit. She decided that this was enough playing around. She could be in real trouble if she was caught inside of this mobile suit. On her way out she pressed up against a button on the left of the seat, closing the cockpit right in front of her. Just before the cockpit closed Ranpu leapt into the cockpit with her. She panicked before hitting her head on a set of overview monitors. She sat down in the seat again as Ranpu rose up on a dashboard full of switches and buttons. In the middle of the dashboard was a radar system. At another glance the radar system seemed to be years ahead of its time.
"We need to get out of here Ranpu." said Fiona as a few dim lights turn on inside of the suit.
"Voice recognition initialized. New user acknowledged." spoke a male computer voice.
"Who's there!?" panicked Fiona while looking around the suit.
"AI assistance system is online. New user, please state your full name." replied the computer.
"F-Fiona Lisa Harper…" she replied back with a catious tone.
"Initializing… Initializing… Confirmed. Pilot is Fiona Lisa Harper, gender is female. Age is eighteen years old." said the computer.
"Hey wait a second here, how do you know my age?" asked Fiona as the seat moves back just a bit.
"Repositioning seat to fit comfort levels of pilot. Pilots body is in acceptable condition for piloting. Repositioning seat levels for pilots bust size so that chances of debris damaging the pilot will be reduced. Bust size is…" started the computer.
"I already know my own bust size! Sheesh… just like a male…" Fiona muttered under her breath.
"Acknowledged. Registration confirmed, pilot Fiona Lisa Harper." said the computer.
"You don't have to call me by my full name all the time. Call me Fiona." she told the computer. "Wait a second! I'm not even suppose to be here!"
"Acknowledged. Pilot Fiona, please input verbal command for next step." said the computer.
"Let me out of this suit so I can hopefully go home." Fiona told the computer.
"Irregular request. Launch procedure must be initiated. Multiple enemy contacts have been confirmed." informed the computer as the radar turned on.
"What?" asked Fiona as the radar showed four enemies above ground. The radar system was amazing to her. It showed what floor she was in and what ground level the enemy units were standing on. It also gave her a detailed look at the enemy mobile suits.
"All four enemy mobile suits confirmed as United Alliance forces. All four are armed with beam weaponry, a shield and a beam saber." explained the computer as Fiona was amazed at the level of detail this thing provided without even seeing the enemy, let alone without being on the same level as them.
"Listen, computer, I'm not suppose to be in this suit right now! The only reason I am in here is because I was way too curious in the first place! Let me out of here so I can find a proper place to take shelter!" Fiona shouted at the computer.
"Irregular statement. Pilot Fiona seeks shelter yet fails to understand that Exodus is the safest place at the moment." responded the computer.
"What is Exodus?" she asked with confusion on her face.
"You are right now sitting in the cockpit of the Gundam Exodus." replied the computer.
"Gundam…? I've never heard of that before…" muttered Fiona as one of the monitors above her lit up with G.U.N.D.A.M. written on it.
"G.U.N.D.A.M. General United Nexus Divinity Automatic Module." the computer explained as the words are written out on the screen.
"So this is the safest place at the moment? What if something comes in here to kill us?" asked Fiona while thinking about her ferret at the same time.
"Defensive measures will be taken." replied the computer as the two remaining screens on the over head monitors light up. This time they showed a shield being moved over to the left arm of the suit by crane, while the other monitor showed a beam rifle being moved to the right hand by a crane. The shield was white with blue going down the middle and on the edges. The gun was small and seemed to look more like a pistol than anything else. Along the top middle part of the weapon there was a groove that went down and back up towards the end of the gun.
"You can't expect me to fight them off in this… this Exodus! I have never piloted a mobile suit in my life!" Fiona argued.
"School records indicate that you have been through a simulator designed to train college students for mobile suit combat. Your scores were at an average level." the computer replied.
"I was only in that thing because they forced everyone to take part!" Fiona continued to argue. "Why am I even arguing with a stupid computer in the first place!?"
Fiona looked around the cockpit for the button she had pressed earlier before another shake broke the ceiling above the Gundam. One of the United Alliance suits land in front of her looking around with its back turned to her. The suit is also white, but a darker shade. The shoulder pads look very generic and not so strong looking. The chest is a dull red color that hurts Fiona's eyes just to look at through the cockpits cameras. The mobile suit turned around as Fiona looked at the machine's red head, almost looking like the Gundam's face, but more box shaped and without the red piece of metal under the chin.
"No! What am I going to do now?!" Fiona panicked as the entire cockpit lit up even further. All around her was a full view of even the wall behind her as she turned her head to look around. The Alliance suit looked the Gundam over and started to scan it.
"Counter scan initiated." said the computer as Fiona noticed a side monitor appear to her left. She looked around the side of it to see nothing behind it, yet she was clearly looking at it.
"This… Exodus is an amazing suit…" she said while letting out a sigh.
"This is member three of unit Gamma. I have spotted project White Savior. I attempted to scan it, but it counter scanned me within seconds. Awaiting orders." the pilot of the enemy suit spoke to his commanding officers.
"Hacking enemy transmissions. Now masking our signature." said the computer.
"You can do that!?" Fiona asked with shock.
"This is the leader of unit one speaking, go ahead." an older mans voice spoke through the speakers of Exodus.
"I feel like a spy right now." Fiona thought to herself as she listened in.
"Sir, I have spotted project White Savior." member three responded.
"Very good. Have you scanned the mobile suit for signs of life inside of it?" the leader asked.
"I tried sir, but was counter scanned right away. The suit is powered down and not moving. Could it be possible the suits AI did this?" asked member three.
"It is possible. Take the suit above ground and bring it home. Good work member three." the leader told him as the suit moves towards Fiona.
"If he opens the cockpit I'll be shot for sure!" panicked Fiona as the suits systems begin to activate.
"W-What the…!?" shouted member three as he pulls up his rifle.
"He's going to fire!" Fiona shouted as the enemy suit did indeed fire. At that moment the shield of the Gundam was moved in front of the cockpit, keeping Fiona and her little pet safe.
"Engaging automatic fight routines." spoke the computer as Fiona grabbed the two joysticks to hold on. As soon as she did that, the side of the joysticks came up and around her hands. Above the thumb was a button on each joystick.
The enemy suit prepared to fire again before the vulcans on Exodus' head opened fire. The enemy suit blocked the attack as a portion of his shoulders was grazed by the vulcans. The enemy suit then aimed his beam rifle at Fiona again, firing another beam. Exodus blocked the attack once again while the suit ran forward to catch Fiona off guard, even though she wasn't doing anything at all. Right as the enemy mobile suit neared Fiona, Exodus raised the gun up and fired the weapon. It fired multiple shots at the enemy, revealing that it was actually an energy machine gun. The shots burned into the enemy mobile suits shield before forcing him to retreat to higher ground.
"Engaging pursuit routines." the computer spoke.
"Wait a second! I don't want you to follow it! I want you to…" she started before the boosters on the back of Exodus flare up. Exodus then flew after the enemy mobile suit through the hole the Alliance created. Ranpu rolled into a ball in Fiona's lap while she watched the screens around her. The enemy suit finally reached the top before his allies surround him.
"Did you find it Jackson?" asked one of his allies before he noticed the burn marks on his suit.
"I found it, but it started to fight back! There must be someone in the suit!" member three replied.
"Alright men, lock and load. When that suit appears we will show it what happens to those that mess with this unit." commanded the leader of the four.
"Yes sir!" they replied together.
"Approaching ground level. Enemy contacts have grouped together." the computer warned Fiona as her eyes became wide.
"There it is!" the leader shouted before they open fire on the Exodus leaving the hole.
"It's fast!" another shouted as Exodus flies through the air, barely avoiding the enemy fire.
"Enemy is stronger than anticipated. Pilot intervention is required." the computer said.
"Me!? Are you serious!?" shouted Fiona before realizing who she was shouting at. "You're a computer, of course you're serious."
The four mobile suits spread out while they continued to fire at Exodus. Before too long the shots started to graze the Exodus, setting off a few alarms inside of the cockpit. Exodus then returned fire on the enemy suits while they scattered around to dodge the attacks. At this point Fiona started to cry, realizing that she was about to die, and inside a machine she told her parents that she did not like in the first place. Her life started to flash before her eyes. She started to recall all of the times that her parents shouted at her over wanting to become a computer engineer and how they wanted her to go into their business. Fiona went back to another time where her ex-friends laughed at her and told her that she would never accomplish her goals. So many other words of doubt towards her came to mind before she gritted her teeth. At that point she gripped the joysticks tightly, slowly raising her head to see the four mobile suits in front of her as Exodus fell backwards to the ground.
"I'll show them… I'll show them all that I can do what I've set my mind to do!!" she shouted before placing her feet on the pedals.
"Automatic features disabled. Control belongs to the pilot." said the computer before Fiona pushed down on the pedals.
Exodus boosted to a normal standing position, but different than the one the automatic controls showed. The enemy suits closed in again as they fired their weapons at Fiona. With a quick tap of the left pedal and a flick of the left joystick Exodus side boosts into the college building. The enemy suits stopped their assault as Exodus turned to face them.
"Whoops… a little too much power…" Fiona said before she aimed the beam machine gun at them.
"That is the weapon that burned my Valiant." member three informed his allies.
"Take it out!" the leader shouted as his troops acknowledged by firing at Exodus.
Exodus boosted into the air at that point while aiming with the machine gun. Fiona pulled the trigger on her right joystick before the machine gun started to fire. The energy bullets sprayed along the sides of two Valiant's before they leapt away. Her targeting was off and she knew it by instinct, which worried her a bit. Two Valiant's started to attack from behind as their fire hit the Exodus in the back. The beams seeming to have been absorbed as Exodus landed in front of them.
"This thing just absorbed our attacks!" member three shouted.
"Then close in with your sabers!" the leader replied as they stowed their guns. All four of them reached to their sides and grabbed a piece of metal sticking out from their waist. It turned out to be sabers on their waists.
"Caution. Enemy has deployed beam sabers." the computer reported before a monitor appeared to the right of Fiona which showed a compartment on the waist of Exodus. Inside of the compartment was a beam saber on each side.
"Fine!" Fiona shouted before she pulled back on her right joystick that caused the Exodus to place the machine gun on its hip. The compartment then opened up before Exodus grabbed the beam saber. As Exodus' hand moved away from the compartment the beam saber activated, which alerted the Alliance troops.
At that point two of the enemy suits rushed the Exodus. One lunged forward suddenly while the other leapt into the air. With little time to react, Fiona pressed down on the pedals with full force and pushed forward on the joysticks. Exodus then boosted forward while drawing back with the saber. The first unit was rammed and knocked down before the other attempted to fall right on Exodus. Fiona jerked back on the joysticks before Exodus boosted backwards as it barely avoided the attack from above. The enemy beam saber dug deep into the ground before the Valiant pulled it out of the ground. By that time Fiona had already pulled back with the saber, going full force forward as the saber ran through the Valiant's left shoulder. It leapt back before the arm blew up. This forced the Alliance troops to aid their friend and make a hasty retreat. Fiona watched them from the Exodus as she struggled to breath for a few moments. Ranpu crawled up on her shoulder and around her neck before she finally started to breath normally. Fiona smiled before rubbing Ranpu's face with her finger.
"It's okay Ranpu. I think we're safe now. But…" she started before she looked over the area. "What am I going to do about this mobile suit I am in?"
"Pilot Fiona, I suggest that you leave the colony and head for Earth." the computer suddenly spoke.
"Go to Earth? Are you crazy? I'd never make it to Earth just by myself." Fiona replied without even a single thought about considering it.
"Irregular statement. Pilot Fiona will die if she stays here in the colony." said the computer.
"What do you mean I will die?" asked Fiona, now really curious.
"The United Alliance will no doubt send force after force to capture this unit. If they were to succeed, pilot Fiona will be killed for wounding one of their troops." the computer replied.
"They attacked me! I was defending myself!" Fiona shouted at the computer.
"Irregular statement. Regardless of the situation, pilot Fiona still attacked four Valiant's and damaged two of them. One of them lost an arm while the other received burn marks on the outer armor. The United Alliance will not overlook this." the computer stated.
"I guess you're right… So what should be our next move computer?" Fiona asked, not wanting to give up her life here at the colony, but she didn't want to die either. She didn't really have much of a choice. But wait a second… she was never seen by the enemy. She could still get away with it.
"Pilot Fiona, if you will allow me to take control I will plot a course for the nearest Iraq cruiser. They will more than likely be the friendliest of the two." the computer said.
"Hold on a second here. The enemy never even got a look at me. I can still get out of here without any trouble." Fiona protested.
"Irregular statement. Pilot Fiona's fingerprints are already all over the cockpit. Second response is pilot Fiona is the one registered to Exodus and only Fiona Lisa Harper can now pilot Exodus." the computer replied. Fiona's whole body felt a shock when she heard that. She knew the computer was right and that upset her, but knowing that it was a computer that said it made it even worse.
"Fine… plot a course or whatever it is you do." Fiona responded with an upset look.
"Acknowledged. Now plotting a course for the closest Iraqi cruiser in outer space." the computer said before Fiona closed her eyes.
"Ryan… I will miss you so much… I.. loved you so much. I never got to tell you that… I'll never get that chance…" wept Fiona as Ranpu whined in her ear. "I love you Ranpu."
End of Chapter 1.