Chapter 2: I guess you two are coming with me

Loki was slouched to the wall, staring at the Gundam in front of him. The structure and even its designs frightened him, he did not know why. During their first or second intervention, he was never directly involved with these beings. However, his stupid father, an AEU official during that time always had to fight this Gundams and maybe that's where his fear comes from. The mobile suit looked simple but emits some sort of power he couldn't describe.

"Hey, Djehuty, What should we-" he stopped.

Djehuty was reading the manuals with crazy focus, altering between the book and the computer they found still operating. He was standing in front of the desk sometimes scrolling down the mouse, sometimes flipping the books. It was at times like this that Loki feared him. Not for the passion he shown when reading, not for the crazy focus he possess, or the look he shown when he did that. Rather, the feelings he gave out and his eyes never unblinking. It made him think that Djehuty had far more secrets than he ever knew.

"Djehuty!!!" he called out louder and the boy snapped as if he was broken out of his reverie. "Loki, what is it?" he asked.

Loki took a deep breath, "Just don't do anything crazy, okay?"

He just laughed, "What is crazier than this, man?"

"Huh?"

"Our school was attacked and we found this access to crazy powers just conveniently placed under our school, don't you think this have the making of a very cliché RPG?"

Loki found the joke a little hard to swallow but when he did, he just burst and laughs out loud.

"Right?"

Loki continue laughing, "Dude, please be a bit more serious."

Djehuty tried, "I did, but somehow the great power of the worlds doesn't allow me to think something more appropriate to the situation."

"You should be more afraid,"

"Of what, crazy pirates with shitty accents?"

Loki just laughed again.

Captain Seth Faiyum was a tall man, stood at about 189 cm; his presence can almost always intimidate any person who would ever stand in his way. Already in his late twenties, his hair was black, short but untidy, his expression rough, shaven and a glint of mischievous intention always colored his sharp black eyes. As he stalks his way through the principal's office, five henchmen in tow, a smoke in his lips, he kicked the door open with beastlike strength.

"Oy' principal, nice to make your acquaintance!" his British accent was deep and his voice was husky.

"You, what do you want?" the principal was at his early forty, clean and strict, not intimidated by the pirate's presence.

Captain Seth almost laughed at the gesture but he just wave it away, "Nothin' really. Just wanting you to fuck off and don't bother with us is all."

"You crashed into our property with ten of your Ground Battleships, obliterating anything you saw in sight, causing injury and even possibly death and you expect me to just leave you alone?!!!"

Seth just blew a smoke out of his mouth, "Yeah actually,"

The principal pounced on him until two of his man punched him over and hold him down. He was still kicking about when one of them punched him at his guts. He let out a gasp of breath, aching.

"You will not have your way, Faiyum. The E.S.U will sniff you here and burn you down!!!" he said, still wanting to fight.

But the pirate was not amused. He crouched in front of the man blow a smoke at his face and places a gun directly on his forehead.

"I've that in mind. See the 10 ships?" he asked. "Five of them's rigged with GN-Bombs so bloody powerful it'll flatten this dumb piece of land and its seven thousand population to bloody hell. Call it leverage to your chairlady."

"You bastard, who the hell you think you, are?!!!"

He sip his cigarette and blew off, shaping like an 'O' to the air.

"I don't know about that actually, but between this gun and your head, I guess I'm your god."

The man in front of her was tall. His hair was raven dark and his eyes were blue. He did not talk much, only leading her through the hallway; his hands strongly gripped her wrist. But, from his Quantum Brain Waves he was human, something which eased her a little. Barely nineteen, she wonders how well was he linked with Celestial Being.

"Hey," she started. He may not respond but Cyrille can tell that he was listening. "Thank you for saving me back there."

He nodded back but his step was not affected.

As the tunnel come to an end, faint light of blue emits on. And as they arrived at the end, she saw that it was already dark. It was rather fascinating, the stars glitter brilliantly, and the moon just shines on. It was rather peaceful. Not far from where they stand, not disturbing the nature was the ship Ptolemaios V. It was different from the last time she saw it but the features were there. That distinct familiarity did not change.

The man gently pulled her, leading the way to the ship. His tenderness almost surprised her to an extent. He was somewhat muscular and his hand looked strong but his grip did not hurt her. As she stares at him from the side, she was quite surprise that she somehow looked a bit similar to Djehuty.

"Would you mind telling me your name?" she asked.

He turned to her; his blue eyes did not look away, "Osiris. Osiris Pehta."

"Loki," he called, "Loki!"

He was sleeping against the wall.

"Loki!" he called again and the boy just snapped up, "Wh-what, what is it?" he rubbed his eyes. His clock showed that it was 2.04 am. He didn't know it was this late. He quickly gets up on his feet and made his way to Djehuty and the computer.

"Take a look," Djehuty showed him. Loki adjusted his glasses and takes a look at the screen. There were drafts, random sketches and some formulas. It's the blueprint of the Gundam.

"It doesn't run on GN-Drive." Loki noted.

"Yeah, but take a look at the funding."

He scrolled the screen and almost fell down again, "Halevy Industries?"

Djehuty nodded, "Halevy Industries funded this project. You know what would happen if this got out? Halevy Industries, one of the big four of heavy industries secretly helping building a Gundam. Imagine what the E.S.U would do."

"Yeah, not to mention how happy the other three would be, knowing that their biggest competitor would be wiped out." He checked the Gundam specs.

"Okay, 2 x GN Beam Gun/GN Short Sword, 2 x GN Beam Daggers to toss at objects, 2 x GN Beam Saber at the wrist, used like a tonfa, can be used to shoot as well and one GN Long Sword V. GN Cloak offers protection. This is a melee model." He concluded.

"Yeah, and the speed was crazy as well." Djehuty said as he makes his way to the Gundam.

Loki browses through again. The fact that it does not run on GN-Drive bothers him. "Dude, I thought Gundams were the first's mobile suits to run on GN-Drive."

"Yeah, but this thing run on something else." Djehuty climbed up the platform that leads to the cockpit.

Another Innovation, Loki thought. Celestial Beings suits were known to be the most innovative. In fact, four years ago, the GN-X III was created based on the Gundam they caught. 'Winged' he remembered his father told him. He tried prodding further.

From the proposals, it seems that this Gundam runs on a different engine, one which is based from the GN-Drive and the propulsion of the circle factor theorized by the late Aeolia Schenberg. Taking the theory further, derived from the Twin Drive System, they've created two engines which constitute the Twin Drive but on an entirely different scale. One based on the Force Alteration, another on the Kinetic Alterations and they build Gundams to suit each of the engines performance.

'Two gundams,' he thought. "Dude, they've built a twin gundam, each with different capacities."

"Yeah, I thought about that as well." Djehuty called out.

But there's only one Gundam here, which means there's another one somewhere else, either, hidden or being put to use. But, he remembered what the funny guy in glasses said to Prof, 'They don't need him anymore. Which should mean-?'

"Dude, I think Celestial Being got a hold of the other one. The one with the Force Alteration engine and" he turned to where Djehuty was and just wailed out.

"DJEHUTY, what the HELL you think you're doing?!!!"

The boy was already in the cockpit and seemed to be working on something. "Registering. This thing needs a DNA data to run." He said as if it is the most obvious thing.

"Bro, get down from there!!!" Loki shouted.

"But, the Gundam already has my DNA. It won't run for another pilot." He stated.

"Then, why the hell do you do that in the FIRST PLACE?!!!"

"Well…"

By then they heard a humming, slight vibrations as if something was running. The humming was getting closer and closer. It was the elevator.

"Something or somebody is coming here."

Djehuty, hearing that quickly starts up the OS. The screen at the console lit up as the interface runs. He just quickly schemes through, setting it up quickly as the instructions stated and just accept settings were saved and the interface changed into a schematic diagram of the mobile suit. GNG-0002 Thoth Gundam, fully operational.

"Loki, come on!!!" he called out from the cockpit.

Loki was hesitating; he did not know what to do. As the elevator stopped, and the doors were slid open, he could hear voices from beyond the iron doors. The Gundam were starting and Djehuty at the cockpit was reaching out his hand.

"Loki!!!"

Voices beyond the door were getting closer. He could make three of them. They were trying to break the security of the door.

"Loki!!!"

He didn't know what he was doing. He reached the computer, ejects the memory drive, took it into his pocket, take up a chair and smash it into the CPU. He made sure that the computer hard disk's destroyed before finally running to the platform and climb it. As he reached the cockpit, the iron doors were finally opened and the three men ran in. Djehuty quickly pulled him in.

"That's the Gundam!"

"Shoot them down!!!"

The three of them open fire. Djehuty quickly closed down the cockpit and the bullets ricocheted as it hits the E-Carbon matter. Djehuty turn up the cameras in the cockpit and they finally saw their surrounding s from the cockpit with several pop-up screens informing urgent images.

"I hope you know what you're doing," Loki finally said.

Djehuty holds the handle, "I hope that too," and move it. The Gundam began its first step.

The three men continue shooting as the Gundam cautiously moved to the hangar elevator, used to carry large quantities. The Gundam then kneeled and turn on the switch at the elevator. The ceiling slowly opened.

"You know how to work this?!!"

"Not now, Loki. Hold on tight!!!" he hits the igniter.

The Gundams thrusters kick off as a crescent halo shaped at its back and eight rays of light adorned it. And swiftly, like a lightning the Gundam flew straight to the roof and through the ceiling and both them saw the morning stars. They were outside. As the Gundam levitates few hundred feet airborne, they could make out their ruined school and the pirates armies with its ten ships.

From below, the pilots were stunned. The Gundam above them was breathtaking. Grey features with strikes of red and gold and the wings of light grace its back, the weapon of death was hovering above them.

"Tell the captain!!!" one pilot opened channel. "Tell him we found the target!!!"

"Hang on!!!" Djehuty said to Loki. The Gundams wrists slid open and nozzles slid out aiming at them. As Djehuty pressed the trigger, two mega particle beams blast out heading for the pirates. Three GN-X's barely made it out of the way while three were caught in the blast. The beams did not stop as it hits one of the ships and destroys it, leaving a trail of great destruction.

But, the power was so powerful that the Gundams were out of balance and were thrown away. Djehuty quickly hit the thrusters again as the suit barely hit the ground and balanced on the ground. The Gundam stood ready as seven GN-X Superbia's faced him.

"Captain," one of his men approached him. He snitched closer and whisper, "They've found the Gundam."

Captain Seth let out a grin.

"The Gundam destroyed three of our suits and one of the dummy ships. Permission to engage, sir."

"Granted. Damage it, take it out but do not destroy it and the pilot or I'll send your balls to your mama."

The man nodded, "Understood."

Captain Seth just grinned, things has just turned interesting.

But then suddenly, he heard a thud. When he turns to the door he saw two flashes. These two flashes moved quick, taking down three of his men by surprise, knocking them out. When they stop, he could finally make out their identities. They were two boys, seventeen he thought. One, the shorter one wore a snow cap was flexing his finger. The taller one, with smartly combed hair holds a gun pointing to him.

And he, Captain Seth couldn't contain his laughter any longer. He laughed his lungs out. Things were really turning interesting.

Usually standing in front of seven enemies with a superior weapon in video games feels awesome as you cut them clean, hitting 39 hits combo in a row and win the game. However, as his hands gently touched the handle and seeing seven of the Superbia's approached him, he felt rather frightened.

"AHH!!!" he quickly aimed the two nozzles in front and quickly pressed the stopped. He held his breath. But then, nothing happened. He quickly turned the console. The display reads, 'charging, 0.5 % complete.' Shit.

"A n00b!!!" one pilot screams.

"It's a n00b!!!"

"The pilot's a n00b, take him down!!!" The seven suits open fire, shooting the Gundam. Djehuty in an attempt to escape hits the thruster and jump backwards running.

"Djehuty, what the hell you think you're doing?!!!" Loki shouted.

"Saving our lives, damn you!"

The Gundam speed was extraordinary, easily outrunning the superbia's in mere seconds. As it hid behind a ruined building, Djehuty let out a heavy breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Okay, I think we're safe."

He received a bone crunching fist on his head.

"Damn it, what the hell?!!!"

"Djehuty, have you lost your fucking mind?!!!"

"Wait up, strategic retreat!!!"

"Strategic re- do you plan on going back there again?!!!"

"Well, what you want me to do, give up and surrender? They're pirates, they're gonna kill us for sure!!!"

"We won't know that yet!!!"

"You want to take chances then go ahead!!! I don't wanna die yet!!!"

But the, the radar bleeped. Seven of them are approaching their way. "God damn it!!!" Djehuty cursed.

He quickly navigates through the interface, trying to access it. The gundam quickly grab its two GN-Beam gun by its waist.

"Djehuty, we cannot take them all on. We have to do it one by one." Loki turned to him.

"Like I didn't know that!!!"

As the first mobile suit dashed its way into view, Djehuty quickly pressed the trigger. The beam quickly hits the GN-X's head, destroying its monitors. While the pilot's blind, he quickly change the gun mode into a short sword, with his left blade cutting it's waist and his right piercing through the engine as it falls. One down.

As he rushed out of the hiding place, he quickly shot one more suit in the head, knocking it out balance and sliced through its upper torso. The suit falls hard.

"Djehuty, focus. Don't get distracted."

"I know!"

They have five more suits to go.

Captain Seth sits on top of the desk, looking down at those two boys.

"You blokes got a lot of nerve, charging through the way you did."

The boys were tied up, heads facing down. They were sorely beaten.

"You, what's you called?" he pointed to the shorter one. The boy in the snow cap replied, "Warith."

The captain smirk, "And you?" he pointed at the other. The boy coughed up blood before replying, "Zul."

The captain laughs again. "Alright, you punks. Although I have to applaud you for your bravery but, unfortunately you won't get away. Toss them back to the ships. We're taking them with us!" he ordered.

The two GN-X's moved quick and swift, intent to go for the kill. He let out multiple rapid shots but none hit its mark. These guys were tough, and they're going in.

'Shit,'

"Djehuty, they're coming for us!"

"There's no shield damn it!!!"

He quickly pressed for the cloak. The front armor of the gundam's shoulders slide open. Thick concentration of particles gathered. As the two GN-X's blades went for it, the particles gather quickly, so intense it stopped both of their blades.

"Djehuty!"

"On it!"

The Particles pushed the attacker away and settle down, veiling around the gundam like a cloak. While the two mobile suits were defenseless, Djehuty, with two short blades in hand sliced their heads out and spinned, slashing through the Superbia's upper torso. The mobile suits were destroyed.

"Okay," Djehuty panted, "Three more to go."

He turned to the radar but there's no signal of the remaining three.

"Dude, they're gone!"

"Yeah, around when we turn up our shield." Loki answered.

But then, a new signal was coming in. The radar recognized the signal.

"Loki, what is this?"

"It's, it's another mobile suit."

The signal moved quicker. Around seven GN-X's signals surround this new one but as soon as it appears, the seven went off again.

"Wh-what."

"This mobile suit is, powerful." Loki stated.

The signal's on the move. It's heading straight for them!

"Oh, shit!"

"Djehuty, run!!!"

"Too late!"

The signal engaged. They saw a mobile suit flying straight through them, beam saber slashing them through if it weren't for the particle cloak protecting them.

The attacker gained ground and slash again but Djehuty quickly grabbed the control and went out of the way, resting himself just a few feet.

When he looked at the suits figure, he almost throws up.

The suit was pure almost pure white, the ring of light adorned it was shining bright and its six pronged wings were gold. The suit's figure is slim but deadly and the saber in its hand glowed green. But the V-fin and its face feature were similar.

"It's a gundam." He remarked.

"The other gundam which were created. Thoth's twin."

The console blinks. The word 'Seshat Gundam' signaled the target.

The hallway was dark but under a slight light, Setsuna could make out his figures and way through. His steps echo through, he assumed there's nothing here besides him. His breath was consistent but soundless. He slowed down his steps. But then, he felt a gun placed directly at the back of his head.

"Don't move," the voice said.

He didn't have to turn but he knew the identity of the man.

"Silphatos," the young man almost flinched by the mention of his name but he strengthen.

"Don't move, Setsuna." He warned again, gun pressed further.

Setsuna turned to face him. The Silphatos now has grown. He was a few feet taller than he remembered, almost as tall as he is. His unruly dark green hair was longer but it was still familiar. His golden eyes lacked the mischief he knows but the fire never fades. He had grown.

"You look well," he pointed.

"No thanks to you," he spited out.

Setsuna felt solemn from the statement. "You still hate me,"

"What do you think?!!" his grip on the gun was hard, his hands were shaking. His eyes glared deadly.

"I'm sorry," he apologized.

"Silent!!!" Silphatos shouted.

Setsuna looked at him. He has grown out of his innocence from four years ago. But, the price was too great he gathered. Now called, 'War', he is the embodiment of all things he hated those years ago. It was tragic.

"I'm sorry." He apologized again.

Silphatos dropped his hand, his figure trembling. "It's your fault," he said. "It's your fault." A hand covered his face.

"I'm sorry," Setsuna apologized again. "I'm sorry,"

The beam saber moved swift, he could barely block with his short swords. Right, left, up, left, he can barely guard it all. And then it came, a quick thrust to his shoulder. He can't dodge it! The particles gather and drive the blade away and he leapt backward. He was saved by the cloak again.

"Djehuty, you okay?"

He wiped a sweat of his forehead, "I need a longer blade."

He slid the two weapons at his waist and took out the long sword from his back. The sheathe of the blade was solid black and as he draw the weapon, his blade glistened silver and green particles adorned the edge. Gundam Thoth readies its stance.

"You're getting good at this," Loki said.

"Professor Soran's crash course really pays."

The Gundam Seshat readies its beam saber and dashed.

"HAH!!!" Djehuty pounced, his long blade at front. GN Particles dance in the air and as the blades ready to clash, a particle beam was shot. Aiming just between them, Djehuty just managed to evade it in time while the Seshat Gundam evade it perfectly, in synch.

Both turn their view up, a Golden Gundam with a pair of wings, hover proudly, its wings aimed at the Seshat.

"Don't you move now, honey. Don't want to spoil your new toy did you?" Hixar Fermi spoke through the channel.

The Gundam stopped its assault. Knowing full well it's a huge disadvantage, the Seshat Gundam retreat, a trail of Golden Vapor left.

Djehuty let out a giant sigh. Saved again. But then, his console rang.

"What is that?"

"He's trying to reach you, answer it."

"Who?"

"That Gundam!"

Djehuty didn't know what's going but he chose to receive it. A screen pop up and the face of the pilot appear. He couldn't tell much from the grey helmet and pilot suit but he didn't look that much older from them.

"Wait," the pilot began, "You're not Setsuna."

"Huh,"

It was then when suddenly the ground trembles again. All remaining ships of the pirates lift off, one by one in perfect uniform, they began leaving.

Hixar cursed, what is going on. But then, when he received a transmission at his console he just screams.

"FUCK!!!"

'Setsuna F. Seiei was captured. Mission failed. Return to the ship.'

They were late, damn it!

"Hey, you guys," he looked at them. "You know Setsuna?"

The boy with silver hair hesitated at first but then he replied, "Yeah, I guess so."

Hixar looked at them intently, not letting any chances to get away, "I guess you two are coming with me."

Not far from them, Seshat Gundam returned to the mothership, Ptolemaios. As the suit landed perfectly, the cockpit opened and the pilot jump off. Regenne Regetta smirked as he saw the pilot.

"Looks like you failed your mission."

The pilot took of the helmet, long golden hair fall down and she put them down in place. "There were obstacles. I couldn't destroy it as planned." Cyrille spoke, her blue eyes glowed, the mark of an Innovator.

From the cockpit of Thoth, Loki looked out at screen to the golden gundam they were following. A part of him was thankful, they survived. A part of him was mourning. They were safe, intact. But they were in a Gundam and the person in front of them, although they saved them doesn't that he should be trusted. He cursed himself for getting involved, despite the fact that he knows nothing can be done.

His world has change, and it was not his fault.

Authors Note: I hope I did well. I have no experience in writing a fighting scene so, I hope it works.

p.s: You happy, Ian?