I know I should be working on A Clean Start, but I thought up this plot and just had to write it before I forgot!
"Now, B-7, advance from the left and take out the enemy Knightmare!"
Zero's voice was calm and rational in the chaotic battlefield, exactly what a soldier needed to hear. Without him, the rebel force would quickly fall. They had guts, he would give them that, but the Japanese lacked tactical sense and recourses. Of course, that only made the game more fun. Zero was always up for a challenge.
He never expected things could go so wrong, so fast.
Zero was maneuvering his Knightmare across the roof of the tallest building in the vicinity, all the better for keeping an eye on his enemies. A small green cap was sitting inconspicuously on a corner of the roof, looking oh-so-innocent. The moment his Knightmare's right wheel accidently nudged the cap, it exploded. Zero cursed his lack of vigilance as the bomb made small work of his armored shell. The auto-eject activated, and Zero found himself going off the side of the building.
'Is this how it ends? Such a pathetic death… Falling off a roof, it's absolutely pitiful!'
He knew the not-so-sturdy ejector could survive very little. Zero had seen countless men eject only to be killed soon after. The mechanism could not survive a 200 foot fall.
The pace of his thoughts soon matched the rate on his fall. Thinking about his little sister, Nunnaly, his friend Suzaku, the student council, anything but his quickly approaching death.
"I CAN'T DIE YET! I HAVE TO LIVE! I HAVE CRUSH BRITTANIA! IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS!" He screamed what he thought would be his final words as metal hit pavement, and his world went black.