It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century (UC). A half Century has passed since Earth began moving it's growing population into gigantic orbiting space colonies. A new home for mankind, where people are born, raised…and die.

Nine months ago, a cluster of colonies furthest from the earth called Side 3, Proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Initial fighting lasted over one month and saw both sides loose half of their respected populations. People had been horrified by the atrocities that were committed in the name of Independence.

8 months have passed since the Rebellion had began, and Zeon and the Earth are at a stalemate….

Chapter 2: DESTROY THE GUNDAM'S

Missiles launched from the Musai and headed straight towards side 7. The defenders used Countermeasure missiles to disrupt the Zeon missile's targeting systems.

"I don't care if we have to put Civilians on these guns!" One of the turret operators said. "We need all the help we can-" he was interrupted as a Zeon missile slammed right into his Turret killing him and creating a hole that began to depressurize the space port. Soldiers inside used Vacuum sealant too seal up the damage before any more air could be lost.

During this, Fraw Bow was helping to get the Civilians onto white base. Suddenly, there was an explosion and a wave of fire sped towards Fraw and the civilians. Just before the fires reached them, a massive hand got in between them. "Fraw Bow! Get onboard!" A voice shouted. Fraw looked up, and saw that the massive white-blue mobile suit. Along with it were three others. A Black Green one, a Blue red one, and a Black Red one.

"Wow, mobile suits!" one of the children said.

"Amuro?" Fraw asked amazed. "Is that you in that mobile suit?"

"Ya, it's us." Jordan's voice came from the Black-red one. "Ryu, Scout, and Sarah are in the other ones. But you need to hurry onto white base! The colony's loosing air fast!"

"Right." Fraw said, and she and the Civilians continued to white base.

Amuro picked back up the four cannon's he was carrying. "Come on." Ryu said. "We gotta get all of the V-Project material onto White Base and Quick!"

Meanwhile

Ryu Jose entered one of the Gun ports and found the Captain firing the Turret. "Captain!" Ryu said. "I'll take over here, You're needed back on the bridge!"

"Your only a Cadet!" Captain Pablo said. "I need someone who can fire this thing!"

"I can do it sir!" Ryu said confidently. The Captain sighed. "Then get on it." He said as he stood up. Just then, a missile slammed into the turret sending the two flying. Ryu quickly closed the hatch, and turned to face the Captain. "Captain!" he shouted.

The Captain had taken the bulk of the blast, and pieces of Shrapnel were stuck inside his suit.

"Don't…worry Cadet…" he said. "My…suit is holding my organs in place…"

"That's not a good thing sir!"

Onboard the Musai

"You followed my Orders, and you followed Denem's." Char said to Slender. "You have nothing to worry about, your discipline is admirable."

"Sir, thank you! I did my best sir!" Slender said, as he saluted.

Char nodded. "Though it is hard to believe the federation build just one mobile suit described in your report." He said. "Let alone four."

"I know that it's hard to believe sir, but I saw them myself!" Slender said.

"He's right, Captain." Jacques said. "Me and Naleen fought one of these suits ourselves. If it wasn't for our modifications to our own mobile suits and our skills, we may not be here now."

Char nodded again as he hummed. "Dren, open a secure communications channel, and contact Vice Admiral Dozel."

"Sir!" Dren said as he went to complete his task. He then took a glance at Naleen, who hasn't said a thing since she returned.

"Naleen, you seem troubled." Char said. Naleen jumped out of her thoughts. "Uh, sir?" she asked.

"Is there something wrong?" Char asked. Naleen hesitated. "Well sir…" she said. "One of the suit's we fought, the Green, Black and Red one, I just can't shake a feeling of…familiarity from it…I don't know, like I've fought someone who fought like that…but it reminds me of…"

Char smiled. "Thank you, Naleen." He said, confusing her. "You confirmed my suspicions."

"Sir?" Jacques asked.

Char Chuckled. "I believe I know who is piloting the suit you are describing." He said. "It would seem he didn't die after all."

"Who sir?" Slender asked. Char then turned and faced them.

"I believe the unit you described is piloted by none other than the Black Dragon of Loum, Ryu Hisanaga." He said.

The whole bridge was thrown into silence as several crew members looked at him like he was crazy.

"Sir, The Black Dragon?" Dren asked incredulously. "Didn't he die 3 months after the Colony drop?"

"No, he went missing after the colony drop." Char said. "We never confirmed his death. It's highly possible he simply deserted."

"Deserted…" Naleen repeated. "But…why would he do that?"

"I knew the Dragon personally." Char said. "He hated what Zeon did during the drop. When the colony went off course and hit Sydney instead of Jaburo, his views on Zeon changed drastically." He then looked out towards Side 7 as he crossed his arms. "The only question now is…what will he do now?" he said.

On white base

"You'll be safe on this ship kids," Fraw Bow said to a collection of civilian children (You know the ones). "So try to stay put, ok?"

The kids all nodded. "Is anyone here?" a voice shouted out. "You! Down there!" Fraw Bow looked up to see a woman with blond hair, and blue eyes up the ladder. "Come with me!" she said to Fraw. "I'm assuming you know how to tie bandages?"

"Uh, sure." Fraw said as she turned to the kids one more time. "Stay here, kids." She said and she followed the woman.

"In there." She said as she pointed inside a room. Fraw nodded and entered. "Oh, we need your help in here!" One of the people inside said, who was tending to a man who she assumed was the Captain due to his uniform.

When Fraw got closer, she gasped at the condition the Captain was in. "We need to seal off his wound and get some stature tap on it." The man said. "R-Right." Fraw said as she started to mend the wound.

"Are you sure…the Zeon ship has stopped firing?" The Captain asked on his phone.

"Yes sir." Came his reply.

"Very…well then." The Captain said. "You…have my permission to return."

That was when Bright entered the room. "Captain, what's wrong-" Bright asked, but then he noticed Captain Pablo's condition.

"Mr. Bright…" The Captain said. "Most of the crew and mechanics were lost in the attack…how are things on your end?"

"I've received a report that ever solder and engineer on side-7 is gone." Bright replied grimly. "All destroyed by six Zaku's. Out of the survivors, only 10 men are combat ready. It's…not looking good for us."

"I want you to get all of the Gundam Components onboard at once." The Captain said.

"Sir, luckily all four of the Gundam types have survived, and there are people piloting them now." Bright said in a slightly more proud mood. "their already bringing V-Project material onboard as we speak. They are currently bringing in the Guntank, and Guncannon onboard."

"Do you know who the pilots are?" the captain asked. "I haven't been able to confirm that yet." Bright replied.

"Once they are done, move White Base as far away from side-7 as possible." The captain said. "and set a course for Luna II."

"Sir." Bright said. "But our Navigator was killed in the attack."

"Excuse me." A voice said and Bright turned to face a young woman with black hair, and eyes. "It's not the same, but I am classified to pilot space cruiser gliders if it will help."

"And you are?" the Captain asked.

"My name is Mirai Yashima, sir." She replied.

The captain smiled at this. "Ah, yes. The Yashima family."

Onboard the Musai

"We were all set last night to celebrate the success of your mission!" Vice Admiral Dozel complained on the Radio. "But I never would have expected the intended guest of the party would be a no-show!"

"But sir, we managed to uncover the Federation's V-Project." Char said. "Doesn't this interest you?"

"What? The V-Project?" The Admiral asked, intrigued.

"Yes sir, the federation has built four new mobile suits." Char said. "We've also discovered an all new Federation battle ship that is battle ready."

Dozel laughed at this. "So the Red Comet strikes again!" he said proudly. "So, what else?"

"As we returned to port, we exhausted our supply of missiles. And we need ammunition."

"You need supplied?" Dozel asked. "Done."

"Thank you sir." Char said. "We will also need three new Zaku's."

"You mean to tell me you lost three Zaku mobile suits?" Dozel asked amazed.

"Four Actually, but we only need three more." Char said. "Two of them were destroyed by a single one of the Federation's new mobile suits. We lost two more to another 3. It's unbelievable."

"Alright, you'll get your Zaku's." Dozel said. "But as a precaution I'm sending in some extra man power for you as well. I assume you're Familiar with Mark Cadillac?"

"Of course, sir!" Char said. "His assistance will be greatly appreciated."

"I'm sure he will." Dozel said. "We will also getting you that new normal suit you requested a few months ago. Why did you need that again?"

"Well sir, Dren and the others went for some R&R on side seven, and Dren here is a bit of a party animal. Isn't that right Dren?" Char asked.

"Yes sir, I am a party animal. Woo-hoo." Dren replied.

"Long story short sir, my normal suit is now light pink, and smells like old batteries." Char said.

"That's disgusting." Dozel said. "just be sure to get what-ever details you can about the V-Project while you're at it. We'll send in a team of our own to Side-7 in time to salvage what we can. And if you can, try to capture one of those mobile suits."

"Sir!" Char said as he saluted and the Transmission ended.

"Sir, why didn't you tell him about Ryu?" Naleen asked.

"Because we don't have enough proof." Char replied. "We need to be absolutely certain that it really is Ryu before we report it."

He then faced Dren. "I'm gonna need three Recon scouts right now." Char said.

"Sir? Aren't we going to wait for the supply ship before we attack?" Dren asked.

"In war, you have to be one or two steps ahead of the enemy." Char said. "I prefer to be on step six."

Shortly after, Char along with three other soldiers exited the Musai, and headed towards Side 7.

White Base Bridge

"What?" Captain Pablo asked. "Who are piloting the Gundams?"

"Their names are Amuro, Ryu, Sarah, and Jordan." Bright said as he wheeled the Captain on the bridge in his medical bed.

"Never heard of them." Pablo said.

"Maybe they are some of the test pilots of the Gundams from side 7?" Bright asked.

"Use the left panel to contact the Pilots." Pablo said, pointing to a terminal. And Bright moved towards it. "Instruct the pilots to cover white base as launch."

He then faced Mirai. "So how are the controls miss Mirai?" he asked.

"Well, I understand the power systems…" Mirai said. "But…why are there seagull droppings on the ship steering wheel?"

"I thought that it would bring back the old Maritime spirit." The Captain said.

"What the?" Bright said suddenly. "Who the hell are you?"

"Bright, what's the problem?" Pablo asked.

"There are a bunch of kid's in the Gundam's!" Bright reported.

"What?" The captain asked amazed. "How can mere Children operate machines that requires split-second reflexes?"

"Video games sir." Mirai said.

"Do you know them?" The Captain asked.

"Well, not personally," Mirai said. "But everyone on side 7 knows that Amuro and Jordan are amazing Techno-freaks, although I don't know how Ryu and Sarah are doing it..."

"you mean these four managed to destroy four Zeon Zaku's?" the Captain asked amazed.

"You can thank the 400 hours me and Amuro play on Steel Battalion." Jordan said.

"Allow me to introduce ourselves." Ryu said. "My name is Ryu Hisanaga. In the Cockpit with me is Scout Lenix. I helped develop the Gundam Unit's here on Side 7. When Zeon attacked, I had to hop inside the cockpit to defend the colony. The people piloting unit's 1,2, and 3 are respectively Jordan Takeo, Amuro Rey, and Sarah Lenix. They were also forced in the cockpits to protect the colony, they know as much about mobile suits as I do. Don't worry, they can be trusted."

"Are you sure?" Bright asked. "Don't we have any other pilots?"

"Anyone else that could hope to pilot the Gundam's were killed in the Attack." Ryu reported. "Captain, trust me."

Meanwhile

Ryu Joul helped up a man from his car. "Come on, buddy." He said. "Just a few more steps." Right then, two people exited the space port. "Hey what are you doing?" Ryu asked the two young women.

"The Captain ordered us to check for anyone who was left behind." The blond said. At that moment, a young man with Grey hair and eyes passed by and headed towards the space port door.

"Hey, did you see anyone else on your way here?" Fraw asked the man.

"How should I know?" he said. "I hid out in all of the commotion and barley made it out myself! Are you guys coming?"

Sayla narrowed her eyes, ran up to the man and slapped him. "You were hiding when you could have been helping!" she asked incredulously.

"What's your problem?" Kai asked.

"Cowards that only look after themselves like you should be left on Side-7!" Sayla shouted.

"Who died and made you princess?" Kai asked. "You're no different Sayla."

"We were actually helping others!" she shouted before turning away. "Come on Fraw, let's go."

"Ya!"

"…on second thought, let's split up."

"Aww…"

Meanwhile, On the Musai

"Cannons armed and ready sir." A Crewmen reported.

"Hold…" Dren said. "Hold…Hold…hold. Fire."

Six mega particle beams then launched from the cannons on the Musai, and slammed right into the colony, missing the docking bay, but hitting the exterior causing quite a distraction from Char's team.

"Sir the Musai has commenced firing!"Slander reported "Also I have found an entrance we can use."

"Good let's begin Operation: Why the Hell are We Still Out Here" Char ordered as he and his men entered the colony with the Musai's distraction.

With Jordan

"Well, looks like Zeon's attacking again." Jordan muttered in the Cockpit of Unit 1 as the colony shuddered.

"Operator, what's shooting us?" the Captain asked.

"Uhh, it's that big green thing that looks like the Enterprise…only upside-down." The Operator said. "You know, with the Lasers, and the Torpedo's…"

"So it's a Musai." The Captain said.

"Sir, may I recommend we destroy any Gundam components we can't take with us?" Ryu said. "If Zeon can get their hands on them…"

"Permission Granted Ryu." The Captain said. "Bright, Issue Unit 1, 2, and 4 with Beam rifles with Super Napalm launchers. And have Unit three have its missile armaments equipped."

"But sir, there still just children!" Bright said.

"Bright, we've had teenage soldiers before. And Right now We do not have a choice!" Pablo said.

Bright Sighed. "Fine." He said. "Issue out the beam rifles."

"Right, sir." Ryu said. "Jordan, Amuro, suit up! One beam rifle each. Sarah, Unit 3 is going to be equipped with missiles."

"Right." they all said, and Gundam unit's one, two, and four grabbed their beam rifles. "Let's get this over with." Jordan said as he armed his rifle.

In the Colony

As Fraw drove her car, she continued to shout out the warning for everyone to leave the colony. But as she drove by, she was pained to see so many familiar places where she and her family would have spent time at. Their house, the park, all of them torn by war. And now her entire family…

"Is there anyone here?" she shouted, trying to shake her mind off of it. "Are there any survivors?...would you leave the colony for a Klondike bar?"

Meanwhile, with Sayla.

Sayla continued through the ruined remains of Side-7. "Looks like no one's left." She mused to herself. Then, she saw movement! Someone on top of ruined remains of a Mobile suit.

Is that a Zeon? She thought, noticing the figure was wearing a normal suit. She stopped her car, and pulled out a gun from the glove compartment.

Slowly, she moved towards the Zeon Soldier who was checking out the pieces of the Destroyed Mobile suit.

"What? It's made out of laminated pot metal?" She could hear him say.

"Don't move!" she shouted as she pointed her gun at the Zeon. The Zeon quickly rose his hands. "You're brave, but you don't look like much of a soldier to me." The man said as he walked towards Sayla.

"Move and I'll shoot!" she shouted as she tightened her grip.

The soldiers eyes widened, and he stiffened. She looks just like…he thought.

"Take off the helmet, and face the other way." Sayla ordered.

The Zeon did so. He removed his helmet, and after he took it off, he removed his metal mask revealing his dark brown eyes, and the small scar across his face.

Sayla's eyes widened, and her grip loosened. Char took his chance, and kicked the gun from her hands.

She can't be… Char thought. She's much too strong to be Artisia…

Suddenly, the four Gundams descended from the lift.

"A Zeon soldier? In my Colony" Amuro questioned. Suddenly the soldier put his mask and helmet back on, and flew away with his jetpack.

Amuro took aim with his beam rifle, but the Zeon quickly took flight "It's more likely than you think!" The Zeon Shouted to the surprise of many.

"Damn, he got away." Amuro said.

"Eh, it was just one." Jordan said. "Don't worry about it."

Meanwhile, Sayla was looking back at where he had run off too. "Was that…my brother?" she asked herself.

"Hey, you alright?" Ryu asked on the loudspeaker.

"I'm fine." Sayla said.

"Ma'am, we're going to use the Super Napalm." Amuro said as his suit bent down. "Climb into my hand, we have to destroy all mobile suit material."

Sayla nodded and did as told. Amuro's suit stood back up.

Jordan's suit then took aim with the Napalm launcher. "God I have ALWAYS wanted to say this." He said, and then he shouted: "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"

He then fired the Napalm launcher, and it hit dead on. The fire was quick to spread, and soon all of the mobile suit material was burning.

"Alright, let's head back." Ryu said as the four entered the lift.

"Whelp," Jordan said. "Everyone say your good-byes. We're probably never gonna see this place again…at least not for a while."

"What makes you think that?" Amuro asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Jordan said. "You, Me, Sarah, Scout, even Ryu have all been 'Exposed' to Top secret Federation material. If they don't try to put us in jail, we'll have to join up with the Military at least up until the war's over."

"Would they really do that?" Sarah asked, a worried tone in her voice.

"Ya." Ryu said. "But we don't need to worry. As long as we're with each other, we should be able to make it out of here in one piece."

Jordan nodded. "You got that Right Ryu." He said. "But Sarah, are you alright? You still look a little pale from…you know…"

Sarah smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine Jordan." She said. "I…just need some sleep."

"Wait, when what happened?" Scout asked.

Before anyone could answer her, the door to the Space port opened.

Unbeknownst to any of them, Char was waiting for this. The moment it opened, he activated his Jet Pack and flew it.

"Shit!" Ryu shouted. "Ensign Bright! A Zeon soldier just breached the port!"

"Close all hatches, and issue a gun to everyone!" the Captain barked. "EXPECALLY the Children!"

As Char moved through the space port, he ordered the others of the recon party to retreat as he took pictures of the mobile suits and their ship.

Soon, dozens of civilians and soldiers with rifles started shooting at Char and he managed to dodge them

"I'm shooting, but nothing's happening!" Kai shouted. "That pink is screwing with my aim!"

"Ya, Mine too! What the hell?" another civilian said.

Bright then grabbed his own rifle and cut Char off. Though his rounds missed him, it hit his Camera. Should have painted it pink. Char thought.

Char then used two Grenades and blasted his way out and met up with the rest of the scouting party.

The four Gundams opened the gate, and they started firing their beam rifles at the Zeon's.

"What should we do sir?" asked Slender.

"Stay cool…and get behind me." Char said. "They can't hit me because I'm wearing pink. Dren!"

"Yes sir?"

"Send out Naleen and Jacques in their suits! And have mine and Slender's suit's sent to us Via Laser line!"

"Yours is the pink one right Sir?"

"Yes Dren, it's the pink one."

No sooner, four Zaku's, a Black one, a Gold one, a Red one, and a Green one, launched from the Musai.

White Base

"Everything will be alright." Bright reassured Mirai. "Just stay the course."

"Yar, sir." Mirai said. "Uh…I mean yes sir."

"Operators!" Bright shouted. "Our Navigator is a noob, so go easy on here!"

"Yes sir!"

"Avast, we be underway! Yar!" Mirai said. "hehe, this is fun!"

Bright groaned, and shook his head.

"Ready with the Core fighter, sir!" Ryu Joul said.

"How much experience do you have?" Bright asked.

"Microsoft Flight simulator 2009 sir!" Ryu replied.

"…that is absolutely perfect!" Bright said.

"Missiles incoming!" One of the Operators shouted. "Mirai! Evade!" Bright barked. "Hard to starboard!"

"Aye sir!" Mirai replied.

With Jordan

"I got 'em!" Jordan shouted as he took aim with his beam rifle. He fired once, and destroyed one missile, but another one passed him.

"That one's mine!" Amuro shouted, as he fired, and destroyed the second missile.

"Is that all they've got?" Jordan shouted, though he would later regret it.

Bridge

"Sir, incoming heat sources!" The operator shouted.

"More missiles?" Bright asked.

"No sir, their mobile suits!" He said. "Four in total…but…one of them are moving faster than any normal Zaku! It's approaching at…3X the speed of the others!"

The captain whispered something, but bright didn't hear it. "What is it sir?" he asked as he knelt down.

"Its…Char…Aznable…" He said.

CHAR THEME: http : / www . youtube . com /watch?v=Ow2Je9sPcQU

Bright's eyes widened in fear. "As in…the Red Comet?" He asked for confirmation.

Pablo nodded. "He…single-handedly sunk five battle ships…single-handedly at the battle of Loum…GET US OUT OF HERE!"

Outside

Ryu's eyes widened, and his blood ran cold as a bright Red Zaku came charging forward.

"It's Char…" Ryu said, not believing his luck. "Amuro! Jordan! Sarah! Stay away from that guy! I'll handle him! Scout, hang on tight!"

Char

Char smiled as he approached the Green/Black mobile suit. "Naleen, Jacques, Slender, handle the other three." He ordered. "Leave this one to me."

A series of "Yes sir's" answered him.

Boosting forward he collided his Heat Hawk with the Green-Black mobile suit's Sword, chuckling he tried to drag the Green-Black mobile suit into the line of fire only for the suit to ram the broad side of the shield into Char's Zaku surprising him. However his reactions were quick enough to dodge the shots that the Transformable Mobile suit took at him.

As he continued to trade blows with the Green-Black mobile suit he couldn't help but smile. It is him he thought. No one else fights like this. Well, best make his presence know to everyone else. He then opened and area-wide radio-link.

"I knew it was you." Char said. "Though, I don't know why your here piloting an Federation machine, but it certainly has been a while, hasn't it, Black Dragon of Loum Ryu Hisanaga!" Char shouted over the link causing all movement to freeze on the battlefield.

Suddenly a chuckling broke out over the link "I haven't heard than name for almost a year," Ryu said over the channel in a reminiscent voice before turning to ice "I hope you're ready Char Aznable the Red Comet, because you have dragged me out of retirement by threatening my home and friends, and I will not stand for it!"

Char smiled, and the two dragged their battle on, neither gaining a hand over the other.

With Jordan

Holy shit. Was the thought that went though Jordan's mind after that last broadcast. Through all his life, he had suspected that Ryu had too have been a Mobile suit pilot…but the Legendary Zaku Ace from the Battle of Loum that disappeared 3 months after the colony drop? The Black Dragon of Loum!

'It still doesn't change anything Ryu never hid anything from us,' he thought to himself as he continued to watch the ongoing battle between the two aces 'It is understandable that he would hide this from us because he would want to fade into atomicity.'

Jordan snapped out of his gapping of the battle when the other three Zaku's opened fire on them. "Sarah, stick with me!" Jordan said. "Amuro, you focus on that green one, me and Sarah will take on goldilocks and black beauty!"

"Right." Amuro said as he started firing his beam rifle at the Zaku. Jordan and Sarah flew next to each other, Sarah switched her mobile suit into mobile armor mode, and fired a pair of missiles at the Zaku's. they evaded and destroyed the Missiles with their own beam rifles.

"I'll focus on the black one," Jordan said. "Sarah, you take out the gold one."

"Right." Sarah said as she turned to attack the gold Zaku.

Jordan fired his beam rifle at the Zaku, but It evaded by side-stepping right. Jordan tracked him and took aim with his rifle again. Stand still, will ya? He thought as he danced around the black suit trying to get a clear shot.

With Sarah

Sarah twisted her machine in MA mode as she avoided the golden suit's beam rifle. She then transformed back to MS mode and fired her head vulcan's. The golden Zaku dodged to the left and fired it's beam rifle again, but Sarah had already switched back too MA mode and sped upward. Wow. She thought. This…is actually easier than I thought it would be.

She then did a barrel role and transformed to MS mode again and fired her own beam rifle. A second after it missed, she transformed again and fired two of her missiles. The golden Zaku flew downward and shot the missile destroying them. Sarah then sped off with the Golden suit following. That's it. She thought. Keep following me and ignore the giant white ship.

With Amuro

Amuro's Gundam shuddered as the Green Zaku got a lucky streak and fired five shots at his Gundam. But Slender was amazed that it did virtually nothing to its armor.

I keep thinking about the people inside those things…Amuro thought to himself. But…I know I can handle it!

That was when a Red/Blue Core Fighter swooped in, and distracted the Green Zaku.

Amuro took this opportunity, he took out his beam rifle, and aimed.

With Char

Char and Ryu continued their deadly dance. Katana sword vs. Heat hawk. Char swung his Heat hawk at Ryu's Gundam, but he deflected it with his sword. Ryu then forced Char back at maximum speed, but Char then dived downwards and fired a series of shots from his rifle.

The rounds hit, but did little against the Gundam's armor. That mobile suit is amazing, I'll give the Feddie's that. Char thought as he closed in again with his Heat Hawk.

Ryu then activated his left arm concealed Assault knife to catch this attack, and then he delivered a kick to Char's Red Zaku. But Char quickly recovered and dodged Ryu's beam rifle fire.

Char couldn't help but laugh. "You haven't changed a bit old friend." He mused on the Radio. "Your skills are as sharp as ever."

He could then here a light chuckle on the Radio. "Well, truth be told I'm not really use to this suit yet." Ryu admitted. "And I've got a passenger in here, so I gotta hold back. Sorry Comet."

Char laughed again. "Like I said, you haven't changed at all." He said. But that was when he noticed the white suit Slender was fighting was taking Aim.

"Slender, your too close! Fall back!" Char shouted. But his words came too late, as the federation suit fired it's beam rifle.

The beam of energy hit dead on, and obliterating the Zaku in a massive explosion.

Char's eyes widened in amazement. It…it destroyed a Zaku…in one shot! He thought. But how that possible? That suit would have needed a beam cannon as big as a battleship's!

He then noticed that the new fighter and the white suit were heading towards him. These Odds aren't good for us now. He thought. We have to pull back!

"You win this round Black Dragon," Char said. "but our little war has just begun. Naleen, Jacques, Fall back to the Musai!"

With Ryu

Ryu's eyes narrowed as the three last Zaku's retreated. "Perhaps Red Comet," he muttered quietly "But the next time I will be ready and waiting."

Ryu then turned his head towards Scout, who's hands were latched onto his seat, and her eyes were wide and glued forward.

"Scout, are you alright?" Ryu asked, with no response. "Scout!"

Scout finally snapped out of it, and blinked. "Uh, what?" she said.

"Are you alright?" Ryu repeated. Scout slowly nodded her head. "Y-y-ya…" she stuttered. "I'm…fine. W-what about the others?"

"Their all fine." Ryu reassured. "Jordan, Amuro, and Sarah are all alright." Scout relaxed a little, and sighed.

Onboard White Base

"The Gundams and Core Fighter are landing now." Mirai reported. "Good." Bright said. "Have all of the pilots brought to the bridge at once. After that, set a course for Luna II, and tell all personnel to remain at their stations. And set up a schedule so we can all get some rest."

"Yes sir." Mirai said.

With Jordan

Jordan sighed in relief as his mobile suit landed onto White Base. That was some battle… he thought as he unstrapped himself from the seat. But it wasn't as bad as the first time.

Once the Gundam was secured with the others, I hopped out of the cockpit and floated over to where the others were. "Ah, Jordan. Good to see you're alright." Ryu said.

Jordan Nodded. "Well, it feels good to get out of that cockpit…alive at least." He said.

Ryu smiled and nodded. That was when a large, stocky Latino man with a dusky complexion came up to us.

"The Captain wanted me to bring you five too the Bridge." He said.

Ryu nodded. "Let's do as he says." He said as we followed him.

"By the way, my name's Ryu Jose." The man said. "Though I know who you are from that transmission," he indicated Ryu. "But who are your friends?"

"My name is Jordan Takeo." Jordan said.

"I'm Scout Lenix."

"Amuro Rey."

"Sarah Lenix, yes I'm Scout's little sister."

Ryu nodded. "So, how are we gonna separate you too?" Jordan asked. "I mean, your both named Ryu so…"

"How about when they are both together, we call them Ryu-J, and Ryu-H?" Sarah suggested.

"Well, I guess it could work for now." Ryu-H said. At that moment, we entered the bridge.

"Sir, status on the enemy?" Ryu-J asked.

"They've pull back for now," Bright said. "But knowing the Red Comet, he'll be back."

"You can count on that." Ryu-H said, drawing attention to himself.

Most of the bridge Crew, specifically the Wounded Captain, Bright, and a Blond-haired woman, turned towards Ryu.

Then Bright then walked up towards the group. "I suppose I should introduce myself." He said. "My name is Ensign Bright Noa, of the Earth Federation."

Ryu-H nodded. "Ryu Hisanaga, Formerly Captain of the Zeon Military." He said. "Most knew me as the Black Dragon back then."

"So…its true?" Scout asked. Ryu-H nodded grimly. "It's true." He admitted. "I was the top ace for Zeon on par if not superior to Char Aznable."

"What do you mean, was?" Kai asked sarcastically. "Someone take your place?"

Ryu-H glared at Kai for a moment before facing the ensign again. "I left Zeon five months ago because I no longer believe in Zeon's was of 'Independence'" He said, spitting out the word "Independence".

Bright stared at Ryu-H for a moment. "Captain?" he asked, turning to face the wounded officer. "What do you think?"

The Captain sat up straight for a moment. "He says…that he's no longer a solder…of Zeon…" he said. "And we've seen…he's fought and killed…many Zeon's including…Char…" he then relaxed into his bed. "I say…we trust him and…his friends."

Bright nodded. "Alright." He said. "You heard him. We trust you…for now. So for the time being, We're putting you and your friends in charge of overseeing the repairs of your Gundams."

Ryu-H nodded. "Thank you." He said. "Now if you excuse us, I hope you can spare some dormitories for us." he asked politely "These four are almost asleep on their feet and I would like to give my story somewhere quiet."

Bright blinked then looked closer at the pilots, Jordan was swaying slightly, Scout was yawning as Sarah was drooping her eyes and leaning against her sister for support as they all tried to stay awake "Oh, right, Ryu Jose, them to one of the spare dorms for now." he said.

Once they had settled in Ryu sat down on the edge of Scout's bunk as he looked around at everyone "As you heard from Char Aznable, I am the Black Dragon of Loum, the former Zeon ace pilot that vanished 3 months after the Colony Drop." Ryu explained heavily sighing "Back then…I believed in Zeon's war of Independence, so I gladly helped push the colony out of orbit…but when it went off course…" His grip on the bed tightened. "I tried to stop it…" he continued. "I shot at it, threw grenades, hell I even tried pushing the thing away…but nothing changed, in fact if it wasn't for Char who pulled me out, I'd be dead."

He glanced at Jordan, he had lost many of his friends at Sydney "Still haunts me to this day, I wasn't strong enough. Still wake up screaming sometimes..." he trailed off with a vacant look full of regret and sadness.

"I don't blame you Ryu," Jordan said reassuringly and Amuro nodded in agreement "Knowing that you tried is enough."

"But why did you join the Zeon's in the first place." Scout asked curiously tilting her head to the left as she looked at him.

"Like I said, back then I did believe in Zeon's War for liberation," he explained "I've seen that, even though they aren't as bad, the Federation has done its own fair share of un-honorable things. But after Sydney, I knew that day that the Zeon I thought I was fighting for doesn't exist anymore, and that it's all the Zabi Family's fault for promoting this damn war…especially Gihren…" Shaking his head "Enough of that for now though, we need to get some sleep." Standing up he was about to leave for his own quarters when suddenly Scout's hand caught his.

"Ryu…can I talk to you alone for a minute?" she asked plaintively her eyes anxious. Blinking Ryu nodded as Scout led him out of the dorm and into an unused room and shut the door, turning to Ryu she chewed her lower lip with a light blush on her face "There was something I've always have wanted to tell you," she admitted as Ryu waited patiently with a look of concern and curiosity "and well with everything going on I didn't want to leave behind many regrets in case something happened," she wrung her hands and looked directly at Ryu "I admire you, more than admire really, I, I think I've fallen in love with you."

Ryu blinked in surprise at the confession as she apprehensively looked away from Ryu "May I asked why?" Ryu asked scratching his head "I mean a guy like me has a lot of blood on my hands and many powerful enemies, the Zabi's would have a massive bounty on my head if they knew I was alive..."

"I don't care about that," Scout insisted shaking her head "You selflessly saved a lot of people today by piloting a mobile suit again exposing yourself to the world, putting yourself in even more danger than when Zeon attacked, not only do I find you handsome, but you care for others, and working with you for the last while has been one of the best times of my life, I want that to continue."

Ryu seemed to struggle internally "I do like you Scout, more than I would any other," Ryu admitted closing his eyes and turning his head up to the ceiling "I never said anything because anyone close to me would be in danger from the Zabi's when they learn of me being alive, you do realize that if we do have an intimate relationship you would be in danger because of it right?"

"I know," Scout whispered "And like I said I don't care, all I want is to be with you."

"Then Scout Lenix I swear my Body, Mind and Soul to you," Ryu whispered stepping up close to her and cupping her face "Not matter what happens I will protect you and my love is yours until I die."

Leaning down he closed his eyes as she pressed his lips softly against hers moving one of his hands to the back of her head as she wrapped her arms around his neck "And I give you my love Ryu," Scout whispered when they finally separated "And I swear to protect you in any way I can." She smiled as they kissed again before they fully separated holding each other's hands "C'mon, we might as well tell Sarah now and get it out of the way."

Ryu chuckled as he followed his new girlfriend out the door and headed to the room that held the waiting sister.

Musai

"Dren connect with Admiral Dozel now." Char ordered walking onto the bridge.

"Sir, connecting now." Dren reported.

"Well Char, I hope you have some good news for me," Dozel said as the link opened "Am I going to have to throw another party in your honor?"

"Sir I have bad news, horrible news, and the worst news ever, which should I say first?" Char reported grimly.

Dozel blinked in surprise "What do you mean Char?" He growled out.

"We failed to capture or destroy the Feddie project sir, their weapons can take out a Zaku in a single shot, I know because one of them killed Slender," Char reported "That is the Bad and Horrible news."

Dozel's eyes narrowed further as he gritted his teeth "And the last piece of news Char?" Dozel asked in frustration.

"Ryu Hisanaga the Black Dragon of Loum is alive," Char stated "And he is currently piloting one of the new Feddie mobile suits, even at a disadvantage of not knowing his mobile suit and having an unsecured passenger he was able to match me evenly."

"That man is alive?" Dozel asked in a low tone and a dangerous gleam in his eyes "Char, kill him, no matter what it takes kill him."

"Yes sir." Char confirmed 'Not on your life bastard,' He countered in thought thankful for his mask hiding the gleam in his eyes 'You will find out what happens when you mess with the Daikun and Hisanaga families, the Zabi's are not welcome in our city.'

(Special thanks to Dragonknightryu, this fanfic wouldn't be the same without him.)