Chapter One - Gundam Throne Viens Pilot

As Connor and one his trusted scientists walked down the corridor of the Resistance Headquarters, the scientist named Doctor Hillman fumbled through his notes as he followed behind Connor.

"Look Doctor Hillman all I need to know is whether the construction of the mobile suit is on schedule" Connor asked, he was still in his early twenties Judgement Day happened shortly after he turned sixteen. For the last few years he had close ties with the Science Branch of the Resistance movement, he helped make the Resistances' first mobile suit which could just about compete with Skynet mass produced model but, still suffers serious performance issues due to the lack of accentual equipment and resources.

Luckily for the Resistance they were able to capture a Skynet Research Facility that was producing the GN drives that Skynets mobile suits used. And thanks to that achievement Connor and the Science Branch could reverse-engineer and in some cases improve upon the GN drives. This paved the way for certain success in Connor new prototype codenamed 'Gundam'.

"Of course sir, we can make it with ease the hard part is finding a suitable pilot..." Dr. Hillman readjusted his glasses as Connor stopped to face him "...as you well know the output of the GN drives is extreme, no normal human can withstand it, at least not yet"

Connor just turned continuing down the corridor, "That's why we're here today Dr. Hillman" Connor's hand motioned to a sign saying 'Children's Infirmary, Dr. Hillman's expression changed to that of confusion but also interest in what Connor was thinking deep in that busy brain of his. It wasn't long before they came to a set of two metal doors a sign above indicating it to be the 'Children's Infirmary'.

As the two of them walked through the doors Dr. Hillman couldn't help but ask Connor this one question that had been bugging him for the last few minutes, "Connor, why are we here may I ask?"

Connor continued to walk towards the back of the infirmary surrounded by the sounds of children playing and talking, "Well Dr. Hillman do you remember that camp we liberated a few months ago?"

"Of course, it was a camp that Skynet used to research on humans specifically young children" Nearly everyone knew this as it was hard to keep information leaking to the public but, Dr. Hillman failed to see any answer behind Connor's question.

"Did you hear about what they 'witnessed'?" Connor purposely emphasized the word 'witnessed'

Dr. Hillman was still confused but, he answered nevertheless, "Uhh, well no, why what did they find out?"

"The soldiers who liberated the camp wrote in their reports that some of the children were experiencing 'unusual tendencies'..." before they could continue they were stopped by a Resistance guard, Connor showed his coded pass which was scanned by a handheld device, it shone green showing that the pass was valid the same happened for Dr. Hillman. The Resistance soldier motioned for Connor and Dr. Hillman to continue onwards.

"...what I mean by 'unusual tendencies' the children were apparently hearing, seeing and feeling things that the soldiers couldn't sense" Connor finished.

"That's impossible Connor, you know it is" Dr. Hillman responded.

Connor just smirked, "That's what I thought until I heard about this girl"

Before Dr. Hillman could say anything they came to a metal door on the other side they could hear a woman talking to someone. Connor opened the door to find a girl sitting up on the side of her hospital bed roughly eleven years old, her knees tight up against her chest, head facing away from the door before Connor and Dr. Hillman entered the room.

They were stopped by a nurse, "Oh, Connor and Dr. Hillman I want to tell you something before you go in"

Connor nodded.

"You need to be gentle with her, she experienced horrific things that no girl her age should go through , for instance she was..." the nurse found it hard to conjure up the words to tell them, she sighed "...to put it bluntly she was assaulted more than once when she was held at that camp"

Connor looked to Dr. Hillman, "Maybe it's best we leave it for the time being" the two of them were about to leave before the nurse stopped them.

"No, you can see her, just don't be forcible with her, she has a tendency to 'lock herself' away from strangers..." the nurse gave a forced smile "...I think it will do her good to see some new faces"

Connor nodded then continued to walk into the room when Dr. Hillman stopped him, "I think it's best I don't do my examinations if that's why you wanted me here".

Dr. Hillman then turned to the nurse, "Miss, do you have any medical data on that girl?"

The nurse nodded motioning Dr. Hillman to follow her, leaving Connor by himself, he took a deep breathe then entered the room.

The girl only glanced at him before she reinforced her previous position clearly indicating to Connor first impressions on him. All Connor could see of the girls head was her emo cut silver hair with a single braid running down her back. Connor just sat in the only metal seat in the room not saying anything to be honest he found it hard to even say a simply hello in this tense atmosphere. It had already been five minutes when the girl suddenly spoke surprising Connor.

"You going to ask me then?" she said bluntly.

Connor was confused by her question, "Uhh, excuse me?"

"You came all this way to simply ask me to pilot a mobile suit. am I correct?"

How did she know about that? Connor thought to himself, "Well, yeah I suppose but, how did you know that?"

"I don't know just did...just like when the security personnel came to assault me..." Connor could see that the girl was visibly shaken by reminiscing past memories that she didn't want to "...pretty pointless ability if I can't use it to stop what's going to happen"

Connor decided to change the subject, "Well how about you tell me your name?"

The girl squeezed her knees tighter to her chest, "I don't have one"

"You don't have a name? Surely your parents gave you one?"

The girl shook her head as tears started to trail down her cheeks, "I never had any parents"

To be honest Connor was confused by that answer however, more so he felt sorry for the girl. As he looked at the girl he noticed that her nationality was that of Asian and when they liberated the camp it was when a small glimmer of sunshine broke through the nuclear residue. The only language he ever learned from the Asian countries was Japanese, after a minute of contemplating to himself a name popped into his head.

"Hikari" was all he said.

The girls eyes opened slightly shocked by what she witness, Connor smirked a bit from her reaction.

"What do you think?" Connor asked.

The girl glanced at him then looked forward, "Hi...Hi-Hi...Hika...Hikari" she eventually said. A small smile appeared on her face, she looked away from Connor to hide it from him. All he could see from the back of her head was a slight nod, showing her appreciation to Connor at giving her a name.