[Chapter 2: Introducing the GAT-X106 Knightmare!]
Recap!
"Hunmana!" the woman yelled.
At that moment the ZAFT Soldier shot the woman in the arm making Kira jump down to her to make sure she was alright while the ZAFT Soldier came at her with a knife it was then that Kira looked up at the Soldier to see a familiar face.
"Athrun?" Kira asked as he stood up.
The Soldier stopped in surprise as he looked at Kira.
"K-Kira?" he asked.
The woman left up her arm and went to take a shot, but the Soldier jumped back just in time while Skyla jumped down to Kira just as the woman pushed both Kira and Skyla into the Mobile Weapon that they were standing on before jumping in herself. The Soldier watched from the other Mobile Weapon before he, too, got in.
QS-Skyla and Kira where both setting awkwardly in the pilot set of the mobile suite while the Earth officer was on top of them.
"Move back behind the sit," she told them.
Kira was the first to move out of the sit and back behind it before he helped Skyla back behind the set with him.
"At least we can save this one," the officer said, "even I should be able to operate this."
Kira looked off to the side when the Mobile Suite started to come on line and showed a view of the other mobile suite.
'Athrun?' he thought, 'no it can't be that's not possible.'
Skyla gently placed a hand on his arm making him to look at her to worry in her dark green colored eyes.
"Kira?" she asked.
"It's alright Sky," Kira told her.
They both looked at as the rest of the Mobile Suite turned on to see some words that Skyla didn't quite understand.
"Gun-dam?" Kira asked as he read it the screen.
Skyla held onto Kira's arm as the Mobile Suite moved out of the warehouse and out into the open at the same time as the other Mobile Suite that was a green color. Skyla buried her face into Kira's shoulder when a green mobile suite rammed them. Kira looked at the side view window to see that his friends were running from the battle field.
"What?" he asked, "Sai? Kuzzy? Tolle?"
It was then that they were slammed hard knocking Kira onto the officer piloting.
"Get out of my way!" she yelled at him "you want to die?"
"Sorry," Kira apologized to her.
All three of them then looked up to see that the green Mobile Suite was coming at them again, so the officer pressed a button and the Mobile Suite color went from gray to three different colors.
"This mobile suite is…" Kira started, but when he looked at the computer screen. 'The Calibration's off.'
Skyla looked over at the other Mobile Suite to see that it had changed from gray to red before it then fired at the armor trucks and missiles then it took off she looked at the green Mobile Suite coming at them again aiming for the cockpit, but Kira quickly grabbed the laver and pulled it down making the Mobile Suite bend it's knees while the green one's sword hit the shoulder then rammed it.
"How did you…"
"There is still people all around here," Kira said as he started to push buttons. "If your going to pilot something like this you've got to make better use of it. This is ridiculous. How do they expect to run a complex machine with this kind of OS?"
"It has yet to reach the completion stage," the officer told him, "it can't be helped."
"Please move aside?" Kira asked her.
"Huh?"
"HURRY!" Kira yelled at her.
The Earth officer did as he said and moved behind the seat well Skyla was looking at Kira with a worried expression.
'Kira,' she thought.
Kira started to type really fast and when he looked up he saw that the green Mobile Suite was coming at them again, so he dodged the Mobile Suite and punch it in it's head. Skyla looked at Kira to see that he was mumbling to himself before she couldn't hear him.
{Me: Sorry to those who would want to hear what Kira is saying and thinking, but I can't understand a thing that he say's or thinks so I'm leaving that out.}
"Weapons?" Kira asked as he checked the weapon's list. "Armor-Schneider? That's all there is?!" Kira looked up to see that green Mobile Suite was taking aim at them with it's gun. "No don't do it here!" The Mobile Suite ran at the green one. "STOP IT!"
Kira used the small knifes and nailed the green Mobile Suite in the arms making sparks flew out. Skyla and the officer was the first to notice that pilot of the green Mobile Suite took off.
"Huh?"
"This doesn't look good," the officer said, "step away from the GINN!"
"Huh?'
"Do as she says Kira," Skyla told him.
It was to late the Ginn blow up and sent them into a building while also knocking out the officer.
Later on!
Skyla sat next to Miriallia while they kept watch over the Earth officer who was just now regaining conscious.
"Well, I see your finally awake," Miriallia said with a smile.
"Hey, Kira!" Skyla called out.
Kira walked over to them and kneeled down next to the bench where the Officer was laying while Skyla stood up and walked off.
"Your better off laying still for now," Kira told her, "I do owe you an apology. I guess I got kinda of got a little carry away there."
Skyla walked back with a bottle of water in hand before she bend down next to the Officer again.
"You thirsty?" she asked, "care for some water?"
"Thank you," the Officer said.
Kira helped her set up before she took the water bottle and took a drink when they heard voice coming from the Mobile Suite. "This so called Gundam is awesome!" Tolle yelled.
"Does this thing move or not?" Kuzzy asked.
"Guys!" Sai called up, "stop playing around with it."
"So why do you think it turned gray?" Kuzzy asked.
"I guess that it means the main butter is outta of juice," Tolle answered.
Skyla covered her head when the officer shot at them, but missed and hit the machine.
"Keep away from that machine!" the officer yelled.
"Huh?"
The officer stood up and walked over to them while Tolle and Kuzzy got down from the Gundam.
"Hey!" Kira called as he ran over to her. "What do you think your doing? Please just stop all of this? There's something you should know. Their the ones who carried you out while your still unselfconscious."
The officer turned her gun on Kira which surprised him.
"I am grateful that you saved me, but you kids have been exposed to a top military secret," she told him. "it's not something that civilians should be handling carelessly."
"Give me a break?" Tolle asked, "you had Kira driving it only a moment ago."
The officer once again turned her gun on Tolle, Kuzzy, and Sai before single for them to move.
"All of you over here," she ordered.
They did what they were told to do while Miriallia and Skyla moved to stand a bit behind Kira.
"You names one at a time," the officer told them.
"My name is Sai Argyle."
"I'm Kuzzy Buskirk."
"My name is Tolle Koenig."
"I'm Miriallia Haw."
"My name is Skyla Etoile."
The officer singled for Kira to go next.
"Kira…Yamato."
"My name is Murrue Ramius," she told them, "an Earth Alliance Officer. It is my unfortunate duty to inform you people that I can not promit any of you to leave."
"WHAT?!" they yelled.
"Despite the circuitous the fact is you've witness a highly classified military project," Ramius answered, "until I'm able to notify the appetite authorities well then determined how the situation is to be handled you have not choice, but to remain with me at all times."
"Your kidding?" Kuzzy asked.
"Are you out of your mind?" Tolle asked, "that's the biggest joke of all."
"You'll do as I say," Ramius told them.
"In case you haven't noticed we're citizens of Heliopolis, so we're neutral," Sai told her, "we have nothing to do with the military or anything associated with it."
"He's right," Kuzzy said.
"What are the Earth Forces doing in Heliopolis in the first place?" Tolle asked, "even that doesn't make any sense."
"You've said it," Kuzzy said, "I mean isn't that how all of this started?"
Skyla clinged to Kira's arm when Ramius fired the gun again only into the air before she pointed it back at them.
"Quiet down!" she yelled, "you kids don't understand anything do you? You keep insisting that you're neutral and not involved, but can you really distances yourself from what's happening? You don't seriously believe that's possible do you? The Earth Forces' most vital secret was here and you people have seen it. That's the reality. You'll just have to with it."
"A little harsh wouldn't you say?" Sai asked.
"It maybe harsh, but we're in a middle of a war here," Ramius answered, "between the Plants and Earth, between Coordinators and Natural. Outside of the world you live in."
All of them looked at each other before letting out a sigh of defeat and did as Ramius told them to do. Miriallia and Skyla sat with Ramius while Kira tried to connect the Earth Forces. As Kira tried to get in connect with the Earth Forces as Ramius looked over at Skyla and took in her looks. Skyla had Mahogany short messy hair as her bangs cover her forehead that has a part over her left eye while the side bangs frame her face, Caucasian colored skin, dark green colored eyes, and an hourglass figure and was wearing a black jean vest over a pink tight v-neck tank top, faded black mini jean shorts accessorizes with a skull/cross bone buckle belt, black mid-thigh length socks, red tennis shoes with white shoe laces, and a golden heart locket necklace.
"XO15 Strike here!" Kira said, "Earth Forces please respond? Come in Earth Forces! Please respond?"
It was then that a military truck pulled up before Sai ran up to them.
"The number 5 trailer," Sai said, "that's the one you've asked for right?"
"Yes, that's right," Ramius answered, "thanks for the help."
"So what's next?" Sai asked, "what are we suppose to do for you now, huh?"
"Can you please get the Striker pack?" Ramius asked, "once that's done, Kira try to connect them one more time. Ok?"
"Sure," Kira answered.
Skyla and Miriallia where standing with the others while Kira moved the Mobile Suite to the truck.
"The power pack!" Kira yelled, "which one is that?"
"The weapons and the power pack are integrated!" Ramius yelled up, "mount the whole unite."
"The invocation orders are still in effect I guess," Miriallia said.
"I wonder if my Father and the others made it to the shelters," Sai said.
"I want to hurry up with this and go home," Kuzzy said.
Out of no where a Mobile Suite and a Mobile Armor flew into the colony before the Mobile Suite flew at the Strike.
"Mount the equipment before it's to late," Ramius ordered as Kira screamed as it flew at him.
"Kira!" Skyla yelled just as the Mobile Suite opened fire on him.
Kira quickly activated the shift phase armor and made the Strike to stand up just the attack hit the Gundam. It was then that much to all of their surprise a Warship blasted through a hill in the colony.
"Look it's the Archangel!" Ramius told them surprised.
'Great,' Skyla thought, 'first 4 mobile suites and now a warship. What next? Kira becoming an Earth Forces Officer?'
They all gasp when the enemy Mobile Suite once again opened fire on them.
"Hit the dirty!" Ramius ordered as she tackled both Skyla and Mirallia to the ground before the Strike kneeled to protect them.
Just then the warship opened fire on the enemy mobile suite as those on the ground stood up.
'Kira,' Skyla thought with worry.
The Strike ready the cannon to fire at the enemy Mobile Suite.
"Wait, that's to..." Ramius tried to tell Kira, but it was to late when he opened fire.
The enemy was hit in the arm, however, the blast not only took the arm, but also made a hole in the colony wall. The enemy was quick to retreat from the colony much to everyone's relief. The Strike bind down before it held out it's hand for them to climb into.
Abroad the Archangel!
When they were on the warship the Strike once again bend down and let them all climb out of it's hands just as some Earth Forces Officers ran up to them.
"Lieutenant Ramius!" a female voice called.
"Ensign Natarle Badgiruel," Ramius greeted as the officers came to a stop.
"It's a tremendous relief to see that your safe," the ensign told her as she saluted.
"You as well," Ramius agreed as she returned the salute before they lowered their arms. "I'm pleased that you protected the Archangel. You do realized that you saved us?"
Just then the cockpit of the Strike opened and Kira came down from it on a rope like thing.
"Come on," a male voice said, "well, some one tell me what's going on here? He's just a kid. Just started shaving and he's piloting that thing.
Once he touched the ground Skyla and the others ran over to him.
"Amazing," Tolle and Mirallia said.
Skyla gave Kira a smile before she hugged him and he returned the hug, happy to see that his friends where alright.
"Lt Ramius, what's going on?" Badgiruel asked.
"Wow, what a surprised," another male voice said making ever to look over to see a young man with blond hair and blue eyes wearing some kind of suite walking up to them. Once he reached them he saluted the officers. "I'm Lieutenant Mu La Flaga of the 7th orbital fleet at your survives. It's an honor."
"Lieutenant Murrue Ramius of sector 2, 5th special division," Ramius told him as she, too, saluted, "I'm a crew member of this ship."
"I'm Ensign Natarle Badgiruel of the same division," Badgiruel greeted as she also saluted.
All three officers lowered their arms.
"I would like permission to come abroad this vessel," Mu told them, "may, I ask who's in command around here?"
"The Captain and all of the superior officers perished in battle, therefor, I believe it's Lt Ramius who's in command," Badgiruel answered making Ramius to look at her in shock. "Only about a dozen of us are left sire, mostly non commission officers. Fortunately, I was in the shift and managed to survived."
"You mean that the captain...it can't be."
"Ah, man what an unmediated disaster," Mu said with a sigh, "in any case, please grant me permission Lt Ramius? The ship I was assigned to engaged the enemy and was downed."
"Oh, ah, sure," Ramius answered, "permission granted."
"And who's that?" Mu asked as he looked at Kira.
"As you can see he's a teenage civilian," Ramius answered, "for some reason he and the mahogany haired girl were in the factory district during the attack. I brought them abroad the G-Weapon. The boy's name is Kira Yamato and the girl's name is Skyla Etoile. Thanks to Kira's efforts we were successful in defeating the ZAFT GINN. In addition to insuring this last unit."
"What?" Badgiruel asked, "fought off a GINN? That kid actually did it?"
"I came to this place as an escort for the young officers who were specially trained to pilot it," Mu told them, "where can I find them?"
"The bombs detonated near the control booth where the captain was welcoming them at that every moment so they were also..."
"Yes," Mu said with a sigh, "I see."
He then walked up to both Kira and Skyla were they stood with their friends.
"What?" Kira asked, "what's the matter?"
"Is something wrong sir?" Skyla asked next.
"So tell me?" Mu asked, "your both coordinators?"
"Huh?"
"What?" Badgiruel asked in confusion.
"Yes," they both answered.
At that moment some soldiers pointed their guns at Kira and Skyla making Tolle to move to stand in front of them.
"What do you think your doing?" Tolle asked angrily.
"Tolle," Kira whispered.
"Kira and Skyla both are coordinators, but not an enemy," Tolle went on, "didn't you just see for yourselves what just happened?" Skyla clinged to Kira's arm a bit afraid. "You must be out of your minds, all of you!"
It was that that Ramius walked forward.
"Lower your riffles men," she ordered and they did just that.
"Lieutenant, I request an explanation," Badgiruel told her.
"If you think about it," Ramius started to explain, "it's no great mystery. After all the Heliopolis colony is controlled by a neutral nation. It would make since to find some coordinators who decided to take refuge here in order to avoided any involvement in the war." Ramius turned to look at the two teens. "Am I wrong Kira, Skyla?"
"No, your right," they both answered.
"Especially since I'm a first generation coordinator," Kira went on.
"First generation?" an officer asked a worker.
"Which means of course that your parents are naturals," Mu stated before he looked at Skyla, "and you?"
"My Mother's a natural, but my Father was a coordinator," Skyla answered.
"That's must be hard," Mu said with a thoughtful look, "not knowing if your a first or second generation."
"A combination of the two sir," Skyla told him.
"Your a polite young girl," Mu told her before looking back at the other officers and workers. "Well, I apologize. Didn't intend to cause such a fuse. I was only curious that's all. Nothing more then that."
"Lieutenant La Flaga," Ramius said.
"As we made our here," Mu started, "I'd watch the guys who was suppose to pilot this thing run through a bunch of simulations and they really has to struggle just to get it to move." He then rubbed the back of his neck. "Man, oh, man."
"So then," Badgiruel started, "what do we do now?"
"What do we do?" Mu asked, "I just been shot down and the Le Creuset team is waiting for us outside the colony. He's diffidently a prescient fallow. If you ask me, we can't afford to waste to much time here."
Mu then walked off leaving them all behind to think over what he has just said before they all started to walk through the docking bay while Kira moved the Strike. When they were inside the bay they saw that there was another mobile suit on broad making them all to gasp.
"That's the GAT-X106 Knightmare," Ramius told them.
"What are we going to do with it seeing as it doesn't have a pilot?" Badgiruel asked.
"I'll think of something," Ramius answered before she turned back to the teens just as Kira joined them again. "Come with me and I'll show you to where your staying while your on broad."
The teens nodded their heads before they followed her through the ship.