Hidden base in ORB

"Okay Jack were done for while, go ahead and take a break." One of the Engineers said to Jack over the radio of his GM prototype.

"Understood, I'll go take a quick smoke then."Jack said. After moving his GM to a rack so the engineers could get the data and make the adjustments necessary, he headed outside. Jack was an older man in his mid 40's and had served in the ORB military for 22 years. As he walked through the base he could hear birds chirping outside. Finally reaching the end of the corridor, he left through a steel door that led outside.

The base had been built inside one of the largest mountains ORB had, so that the base could be well hidden from satellites. Heading to what looked like a cabin in the woods, Jack thought about what the creation of the GM might mean for ORB. It would be the first Mobile suit not made by ZAFT and would allow ORB to defend its self if either ZAFT or the Atlantic Federation tried to drag them into the conflict. With how it looked like the extremist in both sides were gaining power, they would be needed sooner rather than later.

Just as he was reaching for the door he heard a soft thump. Reacting on instinct he drew his pistol as he turned to identify what he had heard, only to be shocked by the sight of a small child."What the hell?"he whispered in shock, shaking it off he jogged to the child to check his pulse and make sure he wasn't dead. Putting his fingers to the child's neck, he breathed a sigh of relief at finding a pulse. Picking the child up he jogged to the hospital wing of the base trying not to jostle the boy to much so he didn't aggravate any internal wounds he may have.

After reaching the Med-bay he was quick to lay the boy on one of the beds, and head for the office on the left where the doctor was working. "Hey Doc there's a boy out here who could use some help." Jack said sticking his head in the door.

"A boy?" The Doctor mused to himself while walking out his office making sure to grab his coat on his way out. First checking for any obvious wounds such as cuts or bruises he started questioning Jack."And where did you find him?"

"I was heading to the cabin for a smoke when I heard a soft thump and found him laying there."

"Did you notice anything out of the ordinary outside of finding him?"

"No, just the boy. I didn't see or hear anyone or anything else."

"Hmm, well the good news is he's only suffering from exhaustion so he just needs to rest. I would suggest leaving him here and I will make sure to contact you when he wakes. In the mean time, I would suggest talking to the director so he knows whats going on." "

Will do, see you later Doc." Jack said as he left to find the director.

Directors office "SO you found him by the cabin did you?" Questioned director Armstrong, he was a older man in his late 60's ,he had served in the ORB navy as a captain before retiring and taking over his family business. He was well liked by his employees for being a strict but fair boss, always expecting them to give their best but willing to help them when needed.

"Yes sir, he was just laying there I didn't see or hear anyone else." responded Jack.

"Hmm, it looks like the only way we'll find out what happened is to ask the boy when he wakes up. Inform me when he wakes understood?" "

Understood sir." responded jack.

Hospital wing As Ichika woke up the first thing his conscious mind realized was that he was on a bed. Opening his eyes he was able to get a look at the room he was in, it looked like a normal hospital room with white walls, sheets and curtains. "Ah,your awake." he heard a voice say. Turning his head quickly he saw a man wearing a white lab coat, black pants and grey button-up shirt. His hair was a dark grey and was slicked back, he was clean shaven and his eyes were a deep brown. He was smiling at him from where he was standing.

"Give me a minute young man to call some people in, they wanted to know when you woke up." The doctor said. He went over to the wall and pressed a button on the panel then after a few seconds a young woman's face showed up on the screen.

"What can I do for you doctor?" she asked.

"Would you be so kind as to let Jack and the Director know that the boy has awoken?" he asked the woman.

"Can do Doc, is there anything else?" answered the woman

"No that's all, thank you." He responded. Turning to Ichika he grabbed a chair and sat down next to his bed.

"My name is Doctor Richard Hunter, may I ask yours?" asked the doctor.

"M-my name is Ichika, Ichika Orimura. Thank you for helping me. Would it be too much trouble to ask where I am?" responded Ichika. Just as Richard was about to answer, the door behind him opened and two men stepped through. One was in his 40's ,brown hair and dark green eyes. He had a scar on his cheek and was wearing a brown leather jacket, blue jeans and black boots. The other man was older in his 60's and was wearing what looked like a business suit. He had grey hair and blue eyes.

"I see our guest is awake Doctor." remarked the older man. "Have you found out how he got here?" he continued.

"I was just getting ready to ask him sir. He just asked where he was and I thought it might be better to leave answering that to you." responded Richard. The older man turned to Ichika with a gentle smile.

"Hello young man, my name is Alexander Armstrong and I'm the director of the vacility. The man standing to my right is Jack Evergreen, he's the one that found you. What might your name be?" "

My name is Ichika Orimura sir." Ichika responded

"Now that we've been introduced, would you mind telling us how you got here? I promise to explain where you are when your done if that helps." Armstrong requested.

"I don't know how I got here sir. The last thing I remember is collapsing in the forest after the bright flash." Ichika told him.

"A bright flash? Can you describe what happened before that so we might be able to figure out what happened?" asked the Jack. Ichika looked at him and told him about what happened.

Flashback

As far as Ichika could tell,he was tied up in a dark room alone,and he could hear the Men who had kidnapped him in another room. They were laughing and bragging about how much money they're going to get for having captured him for some group named Phantom Task. Ignoring them for the moment, he focused on getting his hands free so he could pull off the cloth tied around his eyes. He wiggled around trying to find something sharp he could use to cut his ropes. After awhile, he finally found a sharp rock and started trying to cut the ropes binding him. While doing this, he tried to think of a way to escape his current situation. He knew his sister would be looking for him and decided that finding a place to hide till she got their would probably be for best.

Having finally managed to cut his hands free he untied the cloth over his eyes and got his first look at where he was. The building was old, that was the first thing he from the amount of dust there was,the room hadn't been used in quite some time. There were computer screens lining one of the chipped walls and rusty file cabinets along another. To his left,there was a door with a glass window between two of the cabinets. Having gathered his surroundings,he then focused on untying his legs. After managing to untie himself, he stood up and walked to the door. Looking through the glass, he saw the men were crowded around a large were highly intoxicated, others are playing cards while most of the men were throwing knives at a picture on the wall.

'There's no way I can sneak past them. Lets try seeing if there's another way out.' Ichika thought,his worry making an appearance. Walking around the room, he noticed that one of the cabinets had recently been moved. Slowly moving,careful not to make a sound to let the men know what was going on, he found a steel door. The door looked like the kind you would expect to find in a ship or submarine. Gently opening the door,he found inside something that appeared to be something straight out of Stargate.

As he went to take a closer look he heard one of the men yell."Hey the brats gone!"

"What? Where did he go?! Find him you idiots! Joey turn the power on, we need the lights to find him!"Yelled another. Seeing no where else to hide Ichika decided to hide behind left side of the circle. "

I got it!" yelled one of the mercenaries as the lights came on, however as he can running back to join the group he stumbled and accidentally pushed one of the buttons on the console next to him as he tried to catch his balance. Unknown to him the button he pushed activated the machine Ichika was hiding behind, but because it had been so long since it was turned on it exploded from the power surge tearing a hole in the dimensions for a second. The last thing Ichika saw was a bright flash before he blacked out.

End Flashback

After the story had been told the men where unable to figure out what happened. Finally Jack said. "Sir this might sound crazy but what if he came from a different dimension? I mean it sounds like he was hiding in a abandoned lab. What if the machine he found was designed to open gateways to another dimension but they never got it to work? It would explain what happened at least somewhat."

"It's possible, I guess your stuck here until we can find you a way back home young man. Your welcome to stay here, we'll see if we can't figure out some way of getting you home,I promise." Alexander said. He then turned to Jack "Why don't take Ichika and help him get situated. I'm going to go and get a room set up for him." He said.

After he left Jack turned to Richard."So can I take Ichika here for a walk around base or will he need to stay longer?"

"I see no reason why he can't take a look around as long as he's careful not to strain himself." responded Richard. Jack turned to Ichika with a smirk.

"So what do you say, wanna go see where you'll be staying? I might even show ya the Mobile Suit we've been working on." He offered. Ichika just nodded and climbed out of the bed he was in. As Jack showed him around the base, he told him about the most recent history of the world he had landed in. After they reached the testing lab Ichika got his first look at the GM prototype. Ichika stared at the GM in awe, he had seen his sister's IS before and at the time he though nothing could beat it but the GM made it look like a toy.

"Impressive huh? remarked Jack.

"Its amazing." Ichika said softly.

"Put in the effort and you could pilot one of these one day. Of course you'd have to join ORB's military but seeing as you've got nothing better to do it might give you something to do while we try and find you a way back home." Jack told him.


I hope that you've enjoyed reading the first chapter of my first story. I look forward to reading your reviews and simply ask that you dont insult my story or the work put into it. I welcome any advice given and hope to get better as time goes on. This story is one of many I plan to do but the updating of them might be a little slow. I will try to put some links as to what the mobile suits look like. Im not sure about the age and time lines of some of the characters so i will be OCing some of them. I will try to keep it accurate as possible.

Ichika is twelve in this chapter.

I do not own either Gundam Seed or Infinite Stratos.