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Guardian Angel
Chapter 1
Heero Yuy sat staring out into the vastness of space. His eyes stared into the void with an empty gaze. It has been more than 2 years since the Kushrenada uprising. The protectors have done an excellent job since. The world moved on without him. He was fine with that. He was a weapon after all, a tired weapon sick of fighting and warfare. He had not been able to integrate back into society.
But Heero was fine with that as well. He was always a loner, it was easier that way. There was no one to watch out for but oneself. Or so he thought, his world changed the day he met Rellena Darlian Peacecraft. The entire world changed after Rellena assumed the Peacecraft name. For the betterment of the people. After the war, He used his skills for piloting to test new shuttle designs.
Which brings him back to now, The single most important step in humanities reach for the stars. The chance to test out a Warp drive engine, capable of interstellar travel at astronomical speed.
The project was code-named "New-type" and he was sitting in the cock pit ready to launch. The new-type project was originally a top secret project for the Earth sphere unified Alliance. But was shutdown do to the war constraints.
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Dr. Kristoff Iberman Had spent almost 30 years trying to develop his warp field engine. And now today was the day that the final test is complete. He stood on the bridge of the old warship Titan, a former OZ mobile suit carrier that had been converted into a mobile laboratory. Heero was the best Pilot that they have, And has proven to be an asset to his research. The man was remarkable, he pushed the machines to it's peak almost every time he steps into a cockpit. The other pilots only managed to obtain Sub light speeds and hadn't been able to utilize the new particle fusion Engine to break the light speed barrier. Heero has grown closer with every trial run. This is the time that he'll break the record. Dr. Iberman smiled as He watched the count down begin.
"5...4...3...2...1..." A flat voiced man counted down pausing at one.
Heero flipped the ignition switch on the shuttle causing it to fly off the Titan's shuttle dock. The ship grew gradually farther from the Titan as He maneuvered into a position that was optimum for the shuttles computerized trajectory.
" Heero can you hear me?" Dr Iberman asked over the internal com system.
Heero continued putting in coordinates and hitting buttons as he ignored the Dr.
" Heero if you can hear me answer,...Heero?"
Heero finishes with his preflight check and turns the view screen on,Showing a rather flustered Dr. Iberman.
"Standby, Mission Objective Achieve Light speed, Understood."
The control crew nods their heads as the Dr. looks on with anticipation.
" Now Heero, according to our Calculations once you reach light speed, You should be able to Reach Mars orbit in 5 minutes. Once you achieve the Orbit use a slingshot maneuver to save thruster fuel. Then engage the Warp engine once again. Do you understand?"
Heero nods his head.
"Understood"
The ship sat in space waiting for the engines turn on as the last of the tech crew on board the Titan punched in the data coordinates for the sensors.
"Heero you are ready to launch." The doctor said with enthusiastic cheer.
Heero pulled down on the Warp throttle and immediately the ship jerked into motion the stars in front of him turned into lines of white streaks. Within a matter of seconds the shipped disappeared from the Titan's sensors. Everyone aboard waited as the satellite links along the projected coarse started to bring in their information.
The shuttle bucked and swayed and rattled as Heero struggled with the controls. The ship was being bombarded by structural integrity stress points as the pilot tried everything in his power to maintain control and not fall into a spin losing the warp field bubble that maintained his forward movement. The ship literally fought him for every ounce of control. Somehow the Nav computer marked out that he was still on a straight forward path toward Mars. Heero managed a quick look down at his speedometer. He was very pleased, it read that he was just .3 away from light speed.
Seeing his opportunity he immediately punched the throttle full speed and was rewarded with a blinding flash of light. Then the controls went dead and the shuddering ended. Heero watched as the Universe ceased to exist. It was almost like he was inside a tunnel of light and everything was swirling around a nexus of black farther than the eye could see. He looked down at his Speedometer and was rather impressed to see that his speed was now .034 past light speed.
There was a blinking light on the control panel that indicated he was coming up on Mars. Then ever so slowly Heero released his throttle on the warp engine. The tunnel of light disappeared and he was greeted by the view of the red planet. Ever so slowly he began to enter into Orbit around mars waiting for his warp re-entry vector.
On board the Titan A huge cheer went up as the information satellites sent in data proving that Heero had broken the Light barrier. Dr. Iberman sat with an open bottle of champagne looking at the literal avalanche of data streaming in.
" I knew this day was coming,...we make history today." His good cheer was interrupted as a warning klaxon sounded sending people scurrying back to their seats.
" What's this?" Iberman said while he analyzed the information coming scrolling over his view screen.
The computer showed a large burst of tachyon particles that seemed to have erupted in the flight path of the New-type shuttle. The mass seemed to be swirling in a nexus as the Dr. tried to bring up different stats to asses the possible dangers to the mission. The readings were not good.
" We need to get a message to Yuy!" Iberman was struggling with all the information, worry etched on his face.
The control tech was quickly hit dials and punching buttons trying to raise contact with the shuttle. The Dr. looks up seeing the coms officer giving him a grim face and shaking his head.
A girl nearby at one of the satellite link sensors gave a frightened squeal as the satellites slowly gave back the grim data.
" Sir Pilot Yuy has just entered the distortion! I cant keep an accurate lock on his progress!"
Dr. Iberman nods his head immediately taking charge of the mess in front of him.
" Contact the protectors, Appraise them of our situation." He turns to another tech officer.
" I need Exact coordinates and I need them now!" He sat down as the rest of his team got to work trying to save the poor man caught literally far away from any help.
Heero struggled as his shuttle bucked and pitched harder than usual. The warning lights flickered all over as his control systems started to lag and got heavy. He was sure that nothing wrong could have happened as he left the orbit of Mars, then he got knocked out of the warp field bubble and was trying with all his piloting skill to keep from losing control and falling completely off course.
Suddenly there was a hard left pitch he tried to compensate, he eased back on the throttle, hoping to gain some breathing room on the structural stress points. That was when he caught sight of the green distortion that surrounded him. His sensors were giving back faulty data. He looked down at his monitors and tried to pitch his nose up hoping to escape the strange anomaly.
He watched as his thrusters began to run out of fuel, and to make matters worse the anomaly was getting stronger. Looking down at his nav computer Heero realizes that he might be able to break through if he reactivated the warp field. Seeing that he was almost completely out of thruster fuel he decides to take a gamble.
With a grunt of effort he pulled down on the warp accelerator. His world exploded in green sending a blast of searing pain through his eyes and then his body. Heero, managed only a slight grunt as he lost consciousness and the shuttle along with the strange green anomaly disappeared.
There was a very somber mood on board the Titan, as the last bit of sensor data showed the disappearance of the shuttle that Heero Yuy was piloting. Dr. Iberman gave a small grunt as he looked at the sensor view screen showing the last known coordinates of the shuttle. He stood up from his seat and solemnly walked out of the control room. Without looking back he gives his final orders.
" Send the coordinates and what data we have to the nearest protector ship." With that he left the bridge.
Supply carrier Kazeki, Columbus class
Captain Vincent Tanner sat looking out at the great expanse of space. He was currently making a routine supply run from Lunar 2 to the colony side 7. He sat back relaxing, this was an easy mission. Truthfully this was more of a pleasure cruise considering the last few missions he was involved with. He smirked as he thought back to the latest battle that had almost claimed him and his ship. The Mobile suit was an extraordinary weapon. He thought, to be honest he was glad that he didn't get a promotion to being a captain of a Salamis class battleship. Just thinking about the casualties at Ruum sent shivers down his spine.
One of the sensor techs suddenly gave a stern shout towards the captain.
" Sir I'm picking up a strange reading on the sensors, some kind of distortion."
Tanner stands up and looks at the data streaming in on his command monitor.
"Is it some kind of Minovsky particle interference." He asked. Where theres Minovsky particles there was almost certainly a warship. That was one headache he could do without.
" No sir!" Said the tech. There was more information streaming across the screen.
"It's nothing like I've ever seen before,...wait I'm getting something on Sensors!"
Captain Tanner immediately sounded out his battle plans.
" Standby! Red alert! All crew to their battle stations! I need to know what it is ensign!"
The communications officer stood by as he assessed the information coming at him.
"It's a shuttle, ...its not Zeon. It appears to be a civilian craft. Its badly damaged."
The captain nods his head.
" Well lets get close and see if theres any survivors."
The helms man brought the ship closer to the damaged shuttle. Then they launched a series of harpoons at the ship and started to pull it into the docking bay. There was a metallic grinding noise as the large hangar doors closed. Captain Tanner casually picked his com phone and patched into the hangar. A rather stocky man showed on the view screen as he too picked up a phone.
" Whats going on down their chief?" Asked captain Tanner.
The man shrugged his shoulders.
" Near as we can tell there was a young man in the shuttle. It was badly damaged. It was really put through the ringer."
The captain nodded.
" Was it Zeon that did it?"
The chief engineer shakes his head.
" I couldn't tell you. It looks more like he tried blasting through the shoal zone full thruster. Besides it wouldn't have taken more than a single shot or two if it was a Zeek shooting at it."
The Captain nods his head.
" What about the man? Will he live?"
The chief shakes his head.
" He's pretty badly banged up, the cabin depressurized and it seems his normal suit was about out of air. Its sad really he was seemed to be no more than 20. He needs medical attention. The doc said something about getting him to a full hospitable on side 7."
The captain nods his head as he removes his hat and begins to rub his head. The Tech chief looks on and asks a question.
" Sir we don't have enough room to hold the shuttle, with all the Lunar titanium were carrying. What do you want us to do with it?"
Captain Tanner shrugs his shoulders.
" Dump it. I doubt the kid would need it as he is anyways."
The chief salutes and hangs up.
The captain sits down on his chair sighing as the red alert status goes down.
" Why do I got a bad feeling about this mission already?" He shakes his head and continues monitoring the Kazeki's progress towards side 7.
"At this rate." He thinks. " We'll arrive in only a few more hours. The kids lucky."
The Kazeki continued on towards the colony that was slowly growing on the horizon.
A.N.
This is a my first fic. I sorta had this idea bouncing around in my head. Constructive criticism welcome. And please feel free to review.
