The Eighth Space War: A Light in the Black

by Aldaeus

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the seventh space war, with the UNE's ultimate weapon the GX-9900 firing a shot that shook the world to its very core. During those fifteen years many wars have occurred across the galaxy, and with them have seen the rise of the Gundams, and the Preventers. Now finding this shattered world, will they be the light in the black for the A.W.?

2. Chapter 2

Hey guys, here's the disclaimer: I do not own any part of Gundam Seed, Wing, X, or 00, all credit goes to their respective creators.

HA! I escaped the two of them for the time being! I promised everyone that the A.W. arch would be rather interesting… and it only gets better with this chapter! As always please read, review, and enjoy the chapter!

*Tap*

Huh?

*THWACK!*

"Hey writer guy… can we just get on with this…" Kid Salsamille blinked as he looked at him.

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU HIT ME WITH A WRENCH FOR!?

"DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT!" Rococo yelled as he charged over.

Oh CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

*THWUMP!*

"Not so all high and mighty now huh writer guy…" Sam smirked as he nudged Ald in the face with his boot.

You little ten year old pest I'll write you under a pile of mobile suit parts if you don't tell this fat ass to get off of me, right now!

*Kick!*

"Nah… I'll leave you there for a while… enjoy the chapter everyone!" the kid grinned at the monitor.

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Ch. 2

The Fierce Knights

An alarm chirped in the cockpit catching Garrod's attention as he caught Tiffa, seeing the Freeden close at high speed towards him he turned and leveled the cannon at it.

"Get in closer!" Jamil ordered as he stood seeing the GX turn to face them.

"But what if he attacks?" Shingo looked back at him a little alarmed at the order.

"He can't fire again so soon." Jamil knew the weaknesses of that suit like it were the back of his hand. "Sala take the bridge!" He ordered as he ran to get to the upper deck.

"What, Captain!?" Sala blinked a little shocked.

Xxx

"Damn it, someone stop him before he puts any more of our crew out cold!" Yzak barked the order as he charged the GX with the GYAN Custom intending on ramming it to the ground.

"Yzak hold up!" Duo yelled as he gave chase as well.

Xxx

Garrod pulled the trigger as he aimed at the Freeden and nothing happened while a few particles formed at the mouth of the barrel. "Wha…" He was shocked, he was out of power. "It takes a while to charge!?" As the Freeden loomed large in front of him a man appeared on the upper deck wearing a blue coat, he leveled a grappling line at him.

Garrod saw it and pulled back hard as it attached to the suit, the man went flying from the Freeden's upper deck as he was pulled along and he touched down against the front skirt armor of the GX before activating the lift again, heading up to the torso of the suit.

Garrod blinked as the man passed the main cameras "Eh…" The suit's engines cut out and he came to a halt on the ashy soil. Before finally the hiss of the cockpit and the suit's seat rose up to the entrance, where he found the man standing and aiming at him with a pistol. He glared at him prior to edging towards the control stick to attempt to knock him off, when a shot rang out. The bullet ricocheted off of the consol next to the control stick, causing him to shield himself.

"Surrender!" Jamil ordered "She's a special human."

Garrod glanced over at Tiffa who was unconscious on the floor next to him. He looked back to Jamil.

"You have no right to the GX, or Tiffa." Jamil glared at Garrod.

"He's right Garrod, surrender before I decide to make you!" Yzak's voice was sharp as it came over an outside frequency. "I have a few questions for him after he's through with you."

A few minutes passed and the pilots watched as Tiffa was rushed away on a medical bed into the Freeden, while the GX was loaded aboard. "Dr. Tex, how is she?" Jamil called to his ship's doctor.

Tex let go of the bed and turned to Jamil "It's not fatal. But if it had been a little more… she could have died." He looked as his assistant hauled the bed into the interior of the ship. "She has to rest for a few days. You'd better hide somewhere and avoid any combat."

"LET ME GO!" I SAID, LET GO, YOU BASTARDS!" Garrod yelled as he struggled against Witz and Roybea.

"Is that really fair?" Shiho looked at them.

"Or necessary?" James looked at the two.

"Hey, kid! Stop whining!" Roybea yelled as he grabbed his hair before Witz grabbed Garrod's jacket.

"Shut the hell up, or I'll kill you!" Witz spat in Garrod's face.

"Damn it! LET ME GO!" Garrod yelled in Witz's face.

"You sure talk tough!" Jamil yelled at Garrod, catching their attention as he walked over to them.

Garrod struggled free of Roybea and Witz's holds on the upper half of his torso and head "Return Tiffa! Return her, damn you!" He snapped at him.

"That's not possible!" Jamil yelled "I'll tell you why." He stated flatly as Garrod stopped struggling momentarily. "The fear and pain your enemies felt… she felt it suddenly when they died. She's in agony."

"What!?" Garrod blinked.

"She has the ability to read minds. And also the feelings of what a dying person would feel… She could go insane." Jamil looked at Garrod.

"Because you're here… because of you, Tiffa… you SON OF A BITCH!" Garrod threw off Roybea and Witz even though they were both about a head and a half taller than the fifteen year old and charged Jamil, balling up his fist in the process.

Jamil lunged low and fast, decking Garrod square on the brow of his nose with a hard left hook. The punch sent Garrod to the floor and put him out with the single hit. "Take him." He ordered to Witz and Roybea.

"But…" Witz blinked a little shocked he'd actually put the kid out cold.

"Take him!" Jamil glared at the two as he gave the direct order again.

"Kid deserved that one…" Yzak mumbled as Roybea and Witz gathered up Garrod to haul him off to the brig.

Jamil turned to Yzak "You're the pilot of that suit…" He looked at the GYAN.

"I'm also the captain of the Astarte." Yzak held out his hand and Jamil took the handshake.

"Mind telling me why you're being so cooperative, if he was working with you?" Jamil asked bluntly getting right to the point.

"If it helps matters, we were somewhat misled by a person by the name of Reich Anto, who'd given Garrod a job to get Tiffa from you. We didn't exactly know at the time that he wasn't the upstanding man we took him for." Yzak looked at Jamil then to the GX-9900 "If you don't mind me asking, what do you intend to do with that?"

Jamil looked at it as it took its place in the hangar "Keep it here, until it can be either dismantled or destroyed beyond repair."

"Hey Jamil!" A boy with a yellow hat nearly skidded to a stop "Can I…"

"No." Jamil stated flatly.

"But I just heard you…" The boy already had a wrench and a screwdriver in either hand.

"No." Jamil stated flatly again to the boy with a hint of irritation.

"Hey Yzak, we need to check something on the GYAN, mind if we…" Ian made his way into the hangar only to notice the small boy pestering Jamil, standing near Yzak and wearing a yellow hat with a tuft of brown hair sticking out below it.

"Yeah, we were just wrapping up here I'll let Wufei finish up…" Yzak looked at Ian who seemingly was a little perplexed "Ian… earth to Ian…" He walked over and nudged him, finally getting him back into his world. "What the hell's up with…"

Ian's hand shot into his pocket and before Yzak could ask he had a photograph in his face "Look…"

Yzak blinked "Yeah, so what, it's the same photograph we've been working with…" He paused looking at it for a moment then to the boy with the hat "You're shitting me… it was really that easy…"

"He's like a mini Able…" Ian gaped looking at the boy wearing the hat.

Jamil's ears perked up at the name he hadn't heard in a long time. Looking at Ian he patted the boy on the head before walking over to them again "What keeps Professor G hopping?" He asked.

Ian looked at him a little amazed at the sheer dumb luck they'd just had "Able's yellow hat."

Jamil reached into his pocket and held out the photograph that Ian had just shoved in Yzak's face. "I think we have a more in depth discussion to have…"

"I think it can wait until we're at a safe unexposed location." Wufei looked at him "Your doctor said we should hide for a few days, right?"

Jamil looked at him then to Ian who nodded "If that's what the doctor said, I'm sure ours would advise the same…" Ian looked at Yzak.

"We'll follow the Freeden to a safe spot, and then we'll talk." Yzak nodded to the other pilots and they made their way from the hangar, leaving Jamil and the kid.

"Jamil why did they mention my dad's name?" Sam prodded his leg.

"They might be some old friends of his… or at least have ties to them…" Jamil turned and taking one more look at the GX-9900 he paused for a moment "Run a diagnostic exam on the GX, nothing more."

Kid Salsamille nearly leapt out of his skin, he was so happy "Alright Jamil!" He grinned as he took off like a rocket for the machine.

Xxx

The Alternative Company's grounds stood silently and under heavy guard after the attack with all of its mobile suits deployed. When suddenly the alarms began roaring to life as the perimeter was breached. A Daughtress Command type turned to see the threat only to have its head taken off by a claw on the end of an arm as it shot out ripping it from it. As the two other mobile suits under its command turned to engage it, the arms lashed out again grasping the heads of those suits and tearing them free, sending the suits to the ground.

"AHHH!" One of the pilots screamed as he scrambled to get away from the red and black mobile suit.

"There's only one! But it's not like the last time…" The man looked at the suit that had brazenly forced its way into the facility.

The red and black Gundam roared over the buildings as it moved to engage the other suits, drawing a beam sword it slashed through the arm of a Daughtress Cannon before turning to look at the main building "Is there a Von Alternative here?" The pilot asked as two more Daughtresses closed on the new Gundam.

In turn he charged at high speed launching into the air as they opened fire on him, he lashed out with the left arm, sending its claw down seizing the Daughtress Command and disarming it in the process, as he dove almost directly on top of the other Daughtress with his beam sword held directly over the cockpit. The scene was one of utter destruction, not even a scratch had been made on the new Gundam. As its pilot gave a light smirk "Is there a Von Alternative here?" He asked again.

"What do you want?" Von Alternative asked flatly looking out at the Gundam from his office window.

"I am Shagia Frost, a freelance mobile suit pilot." Shagia spoke to him his voice was cool and calm "In fact, I want you to hire me."

Von gulped a little saliva knowing he really wasn't in a position to refuse, after a good chunk of the garrison force was destroyed by the Gundam in less than thirty seconds.

Xxx

Shagia took a seat at a table in Von's office "It's a pretty big facility for individual possession." He mused as he looked at a chess board in front of him.

"What's your purpose?" Von asked looking at Shagia who was nonchalantly leaning on his fist, resting on the sofa.

"Like I said, I want you to hire me." Shagia smiled. "It's been a while since Tiffa Adill was kidnapped."

Von jumped a little at the mention of the incident "How the hell do you know that!?"

Shagia opened his eyes and looked at Von "A week ago… the Alternative Company was attacked by a certain Vulture." He leaned forward and claimed the white queen from the chess board "Their mission was the abduction of Tiffa Adill… the subject of your research." He ran his thumb over the ridges of the crown of the queen "Their mission was successful, and Tiffa was taken." He flipped the queen upright in his hand and waved it back and forth for him to see "After that, you tried a few cheap tricks. I also heard a lethal weapon from the old Federation… a GX-9900, appeared."

"You're well informed." Von looked at Shagia, he leaned down slightly to retrieve a handgun in the top drawer of his desk.

"Because of my job… I spend a lot of time and effort collecting information." Shagia nodded slightly still holding the queen. "I know the purpose of this lab is to understand Tiffa's special abilities. If she is a Newtype, the advantage of using her is enormous. By using her, it wouldn't be just a dream for you to become the largest industrial After War company." He smiled lightly as he spoke "Therefore, information on Tiffa Adill is top secret."

Von was fast drawing the gun and leveling it at Shagia, who in return threw the queen like a throwing knife and hitting Von's wrist, disarming him in the process with the single chess piece. He cradled his hand as he looked at Shagia who held up the white knight ready to strike again, if needed.

"I can get Tiffa Adill back." Shagia smiled lightly.

Von glared at him "The Queen has been captured, and now the Knight has appeared."

Shagia smirked as he stood "My mount is fierce." He nodded to the red and black Gundam Virsago looming just outside.

Von looked back over his shoulder at it, knowing they had been attacked by Gundam type suits the week prior.

Shagia began to laugh lightly knowing he had Von where he wanted him.

Xxx

Yzak sat down across from Jamil at the table in the Astarte's officer's lounge. "All right, let's get down to business." He looked at Jamil "How did you come into possession of that photograph, and more importantly, where is Dr. Able Salsamille?"

Jamil held up a hand "First, I'd like to know what that name means to you…"

Yzak glared "I don't have time for this… either you give…" He stopped as Ian walked over.

"Able was a colleague of mine, we were part of the original development of the Gundams. And if it helps matters…" Ian pulled the photograph out of his pocket and sat it on the table between them "That's me, and the Professor G from that question is this guy, he's my old man." He gestured to himself then to Professor G.

"That would mean you were with the UNE…" Jamil looked at Ian.

Ian shrugged "Afraid you've got us wrong there… though we did work together on the initial development of the Gundam type suits. Each of us in that photograph developed our own Gundams… this is the first time I've seen the result of Able's work… and I'm kinda glad we never went with what he had been thinking of making the power source an external beam transmission…" He looked at Yzak.

Jamil looked at Yzak "Care to elaborate?"

"I really didn't want to get into this explanation… if only because it takes forever and a day…" Yzak rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Then I'll summarize it. You ever hear of a warp drive?" Ian looked at Jamil who shook his head in return. "Long story short, faster than light speed travel, multiple earths being discovered… so on and so forth…"

"Huh…" Jamil looked at Ian as if he had just turned into a clown.

Yzak sighed "All right, I'll try to put it this way…" He brought up a hologram projected map of the galaxy that floated above the table. "I doubt it, but do you know the spatial coordinates of Earth?"

"No." Jamil looked a little amazed and perplexed at the same time.

"Well, think of this as a map. You are here." Yzak typed in their coordinates, and a small blue dot appeared. "I am from…" He typed in more coordinates and a red dot appeared on a different arm of the galaxy. "Ian is from…" A green dot appeared on a third arm. "And Dr. Salsamille as well as Ian came from here." He looked up as a purple dot appeared on the fourth location out of the four. "Through a complex series of physics equations, Dr. Salsamille, Ian, and the other Gundam scientists were able to discern that there were multiple "Earths", developed a warp drive, and as a result of them being hunted down by an oppressive government many of them split up and went to the Earths they'd found through the equations' calculations. Able Salsamille ended up at this one. After the course of a multitude of wars of which the Gundams have been deciding factors in each of their respective conflicts, we've found ourselves here searching for him now, as a side part of the relief mission from the coalition of nations we represent, to offer aid and assistance to this Earth."

"That's the gist of it…" Ian nodded.

Jamil sighed as he pulled the photograph over "Dr. Salsamille developed the Gundam type suits for the United Nations Earth or UNE for their use during the war fifteen years ago. The Gundams were the Federation's ultimate weapon, and trump card for the final battle of the war. The war had bogged down into a stalemate which resulted in the colonies issuing an ultimatum… a colony drop. Thinking it was a bluff… they called it, with the GX-9900 or Gundam X. I was chosen by Able to be the GX's pilot… after I pulled the trigger, the colony drop occurred. I was recovered and taken in by Dr. Salsamille in the aftermath of the war, the government collapsed into chaos, and we went into hiding. A few years passed, and Dr. Salsamille and his wife had a son, you saw him."

Ian blinked "So that was Able's…"

"Three years passed between his birth and that night… He woke me up and told me to get dressed… a mob of people was coming from the town, they had no idea who he was, but being the UNE's "ace" I'd gained some notoriety during the war as being the GX's pilot. He gave me the copy of the photograph, told me to take Sam to the base, the same one that kid took the GX from." Jamil paused for a moment "I arrived and wanted to go back because he and his wife took off in an opposite direction in hope to be a diversion." He reached into his coat and pulled out a letter "The last time I read it was on that night." He sat it on the table.

"Jamil, you know the safety measures built into the X to prevent the SRA from deploying it easily, right… well this is the control stick from your old machine, you had such a tight grip on it you wouldn't let go when we pulled you out. I have a hunch you've got a fear of piloting again… don't push yourself…" Ian read the message.

"I blacked out… because I panicked… I was afraid… and as a result…" Jamil looked at Ian.

"No… you're kidding me…" Ian looked at him.

"Dr. Tex, who is also aboard the Freeden, found them the next morning…" Jamil looked at him "Both dead, the mob hung them because they protected me…"

Yzak was seemingly calm as Ian just walked over to the wall and slugged it "DAMN IT! THAT GOD DAMN IDIOT!"

The door hissed open "Hey dad what's with all the…" James made his way into the room hearing his father's shouts.

"James, later." Yzak looked at him and he was a little confused "Just later…" He gestured to the door.

"Right…" James nodded and made his way from the room.

Yzak turned back to Jamil "Well, we've all had our share of screw ups… but yours really takes the cake…" He looked at him "What are you doing now?"

"Trying to make up for the past… to protect the ones that were like myself… I don't think you've heard of the term…" Jamil looked at him.

"Newtypes…" Yzak finished for him "Yes, we have actually… if the term is being used in the same context as you know it."

"The humans that possess a certain set of abilities that most do not. They are mostly known to display heightened levels of a specific type of brainwaves, and abilities that result from it." Jamil looked at him.

"Most likely the quantum brainwaves we know." Yzak smiled "I can see you most likely don't trust us."

"From what you've said, I can assume you're military, how do I know you don't just see newtypes as tools, or as the colonies saw them being the next step in mankind's evolution." Jamil's sunglasses reflected a little of the fluorescent lighting in the room.

"There is an article in the treaty that formed our coalition specifically regarding Newtypes, and anything that may fall into that category. Specifically a nondiscrimination policy, equal rights, etcetera…" Yzak smiled "Assuming from the recovered footage of the final battle we have, I'd like to ask if the other suits around the GX had newtype pilots?"

"They were bit mobile suits." Jamil looked at him "All controlled by myself… though now it causes pain for me to use my abilities."

"Most likely as the result of scar tissue developing in your brain. It could most likely be treated with nanomachine treatments and enough time…" Ian walked over and sat down.

"No, this is my punishment." Jamil looked at them.

"I don't need to ask really, but Tiffa Adill is a rather powerful newtype. Based on her abilities that I've sensed, and seen firsthand… I'd put her on par with Quatre, Kira, and Setsuna." Yzak looked at him "So how is she? She must have felt that earlier…"

Jamil nodded "She needs to rest for a few days."

"As do some of our people. A rather large number of newtypes make up the crew compliment of this ship. It is rather disproportionate to the populations of our homes. The genetic trait that is expressed only makes up a very small amount of people, I'd assume the same here." Yzak smiled "I think we should cooperate, at least until everyone is in the clear."

"I think I can agree to that." Jamil smiled.

"With one stipulation." Ian looked at him "That kid who piloted that Gundam… don't hurt him. I think he means well, it's just he's…"

"Simple like James, that's why they get along so well…" Yzak smiled as he couldn't resist the easy blow.

"No, it's because they're similar from what I heard from Duo… both had a rough time… and apparently the kid reminds him of an old friend of his that died." Ian looked at Yzak before turning to Jamil.

"Very well… but he will remain in confinement at least until Tiffa wakes up as punishment." Jamil looked at them.

"I will agree to that. The least he should do is to apologize, and if he's anything like James, at the first chance he'd get he'd run off and hide." Yzak looked at Jamil then to Ian.

"I resent that… though I agree the least he should do is apologize to that girl." Ian grumbled.

Xxx

"So, any changes?" Sala asked as she and Toniya approached the brig where Shingo stood guard with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder.

Shingo cracked his eyes opened and pushed himself off of the wall "No, it's the same old thing. He's not eating." He looked at Sala.

"I see…" Sala sighed as Toniya went over to the steel door.

Toniya propped herself up on her toes and peeked through the eye slot "Let me talk to him a little."

"You have to get the captain's permission." Sala looked at her.

"Just for a little bit…" Toniya smiled trying to get Sala to bend the rules for once.

Shingo sighed "Man, when you see a new guy, you're always like this."

Toniya turned to him and planted her hands on her hips "But I'm particular about the men I choose." She smiled.

"Anyway, keep a close eye on him." Sala smiled as she and Toniya began walking down the hall again.

"Yeah." Shingo nodded as he turned and leaned against the wall again.

Garrod cracked his eyes open in the dimly lit room as he heard the others leaving, he smiled as he slipped off of the cot and made his way over to the door. Reaching into his hair he pulled out a small bent piece of wire and smirked as he went to the lock, fumbling with it to get the pins and tumblers into the proper alignment. Finally hitting the right setting the lock gave an audible click.

Shingo's eyes shot wide as he heard it, stepping away from the door he pulled the bolt back chambering a round into the receiver.

Garrod smirked knowing he was going to look inside, he slipped his hand inside his sleeve and pulled out a small plastic straw leaning up flush with the door he waited.

Shingo took a step forward to check on their prisoner and looked into the viewport.

Garrod gave a light puff on the end of the plastic straw shooting a white powder directly into Shingo's face. "Ahh…" Shingo clenched his eyes shut as it hit him before staggering back and falling to the floor unconscious.

Garrod smirked as he opened the door "For the next few minutes, have sweet dreams." He turned and quickly made his way down the hallway.

Xxx

James blinked as he saw a figure kneeling in the small field outside "What the… oh shit… come on don't do something stupid, you're already in enough trouble as it is…" He saw Garrod making his way through the small grassy field stopping every once in a while. "What in the hell is he doing anyway? That's not how you…"

"So that's the boy huh…" Hilde's voice caused him to nearly leap out of his skin. "Looks like he's picking flowers…"

"Huh…" James blinked "Nah… if I were him I'd be long gone by now…"

"Well, unlike you he apparently feels sorry for what he did." Hilde smiled as they watched Garrod quickly make his way back up to the hatch he'd exited from.

"Anything at all for the one you love…" James smiled as he draped his arm around her shoulders and gave her a light squeeze.

"More like a crush… it never lasts long at their age…" Hilde smiled.

"Bull, you and I are proof of that." James pecked her on the forehead before steering her back inside the hangar. "And no, you're not… we need you on the medical staff…"

"Oh come on, the least you guys could let me do is give it a try… the controls aren't that different from the Leo!" Hilde pouted as she pointed at the half stripped down Jenice Kai. Crockas Custom.

Xxx

Shingo started to come to before jumping up and wheeling around with the assault rifle ready to open fire "Wha…" He walked over to the door again and looked inside, there on the cot was Garrod sleeping seemingly with no change at all from the last time he'd checked. "Wait a sec… let's see… it's not like me to take a nap." He scratched his head before he returned to the wall.

Garrod cracked his eyes open prior to withdrawing the lock pick from its hiding spot and smiling at it before hiding it again, and going to sleep.

Xxx

Dr. Tex opened the door to the medical room as the sun began to rise to check on his patient, Tiffa was sleeping soundly, not having moved a fraction of an inch from when she'd arrived before he looked up and noticed something, on the nightstand was a brown terracotta vase with a bouquet of pink wildflowers in it. "I don't know who did this, but it's a waste." He quickly made his way across the room and around the bed, reaching out he grabbed the flowers.

"Wait." Jamil called out causing him to stop, he looked back at him standing in the doorway.

Tex sighed as he released the bouquet and leaving it where it was "As always, you're so naïve."

Jamil walked inside "Well, how's she doing?" He looked at Dr. Tex "What's her condition?"

"She's improving, but she's not out of danger." Tex looked at Tiffa then turned to Jamil again "It'll be a couple of days before she wakes up."

Xxx

"You haven't found her yet?" Von glared at the man's reflection in the glass, who'd come to report on the progress of the search for Tiffa Adill.

"I'm sorry sir, these days, the radar…" The man grimaced.

Von wheeled around on the spot "DON'T MAKE EXCUSES!" He snapped. "Repot back, after you find Tiffa!"

"Yes, sir!" The man snapped to attention "I'm sorry!"

Shagia sat calmly on the couch as he took another tarot card from the top of the deck he was holding and placed it on the table.

"You're just sitting around…" Von glared at Shagia as he calmly took another card from the deck. "Is this really a time for playing games?"

Shagia smiled lightly "Of course not. I'm working as we speak." He held up the next card "I'm looking for her with Tarot Cards." He placed it down to the right of the previous card and just below it.

Von scoffed lightly before turning back to looking out of the office's window.

Shagia blinked before looking out the window himself, he smiled lightly at the horizon.

Xxx

Yzak smiled as he took his seat on the bridge after having a nice restful night's sleep "Good morning…"

"Hide the guns, Yzak's pissed…" Dearka grimaced as he looked at his friend. "You're never in a good mood in the morning…"

"No, I just had a night to sleep off yesterday… anything new regarding Miss. Lee's and the other's conditions?" He looked over at Meyrin.

"Nothing, sir, they're still unconscious." Meyrin replied.

"Something's off about you Yzak, you're not a morning person… the coffee can't be that good…" Dearka took a look at Yzak's mug which was still half full.

"No it's the same… honestly I just had a good night's sleep." Yzak gave a light smile "All around I think I'll just treat this mission as sort of a vacation."

"You taking a vacation is like saying Nicol gave up playing the piano…" Dearka gestured to the door. "Something's up, and I'll find out if it kills me."

"You keep pestering me about it Elsman, and I will oblige the latter part of that statement." Yzak almost laughed before an explosion caused him to spill his coffee all over his front "FOR FUCKS SAKE!"

"There he is…" Dearka grinned.

"I'm gonna kill whoever the fuck!" Yzak wheeled around as Meyrin just pointed to the main monitor.

Xxx

"What!? Have we been discovered?" Toniya asked as the ship shuddered lightly from the explosions in the distance.

"No, we haven't!" Shingo replied as he watched more explosions occurring on the edge of the forest.

"On screen." Jamil ordered and it was brought up on the main monitor. A black and deep red mobile armor skimmed just above the ground as explosions from shell impacts followed it while it turned abruptly from time to time. The camera's angle shifted and zoomed in showing a massive Andes-Class ship firing its main batteries on it as six Septems gave chase hovering at high speed just above the ground also firing their 100mm machine guns.

"He's being chased by a Vulture." Sala looked at the scene unfolding before them.

"He'll never escape like that, he'll be killed!" Shingo gaped as he watched the mobile armor make yet another abrupt turn, almost a complete one eighty back towards the ship.

A group of three of the Septems slowed as their cameras locked onto the Freeden and the Astarte, before merging into a single large monoeye. They broke off from the mobile armor and darted towards the two warships.

"They've split up!" Sala announced as she saw it on the radar, and the dust cloud soon appeared as the three suits leapt over the rise, "One group is heading this way!", with more being deployed from the Andes-class ship, while it turned to engage the two land battleships.

Shingo glared "Have they seen us?" he asked.

"We can't move the Freeden!" Jamil relayed "Tell Witz and Roybea to launch!"

Xxx

"The Freeden is launching those two Gundams!" Miriallia relayed from her post as Wufei entered the bridge.

"Order out, Quatre, Lunamaria, Shinn, Rey, and Shiho to respond to the mobile suits. Triton, and Lockon will deal with the ship." Wufei ordered receiving a glare from Yzak in the process "I'll relieve Yzak while he goes and cleans himself up."

"I'm fine damn it, Chen get the guns online, bombard that warship!" Yzak glared as he barked the order.

"Yes, sir!" Chen relayed as the two forward turrets of the Astarte elevated their guns. "Range five kilometers, cross breeze of three kilometers an hour due east."

Explosions erupted around the two ships as the Septems fired their rocket launchers and machine guns bombarding the area around the ships.

"Put warning shots directly ahead of their ship!" Yzak glared "FIRE!" As he gave the order the four massive 40cm guns erupted creating a wall of flame and smoke as the Astarte announced that it really was a threat, as the four shells rained down around the Andes-class ship sending up towering pillars of dirt from the shell's impacts.

Xxx

Roybea charged a group of Septems "You picked the wrong opponent!" He opened fire with the Inner Arm Gatling, tearing through one of the suits quickly, splintering its armor and knocking it out of the fight before moving on to the next which was already engaged by a suit he'd never seen before.

Quatre glared as he rammed into the Septem wielding a bazooka before using the heat tomahawk of the Maganac Commander to sever one of the suits legs "I've got this one!" Quatre announced over the frequency he'd been given.

Roybea moved past as Quatre used the heat tomahawk to cleave the arm that had the bazooka free from the suit, disarming it completely as it attempted in vain to pepper Quatre's suit with its two chest mounted 50mm machine guns.

Xxx

The door clicked open and Garrod looked up to see Jamil in the doorway "Come with me." He stated flatly to Garrod who hesitated for a moment before getting up and following him out as they made their way to the bridge.

Xxx

Witz stood as he used the two Buster Rifles of the Airmaster to keep the Septems moving as the fight raged around him "Attack me whenever you like!"

"It never works like that!" Lunamaria yelled as she charged past him before launching her GOUF Ignited's Slayer Whip wrapping around the arm of one of the suits, she forced it off balance as its legs went out from beneath it.

"What did you say?!" Witz spun and fired as the Septem began to rise to fight Lunamaria, putting a shot square through its head.

An explosion erupted behind the two suits and the black and red mobile armor tumbled through the air before crashing a short distance from the two. A Septem slowed and took aim at near point blank range to the suit.

"That's not fair!" Shinn shot past leveling the GYAN's heat lance and driving it directly through the chest of the Septem.

Xxx

Garrod entered the bridge ahead of Jamil and blinked as he saw it on the screen, the Septem falling while the heat lance was withdrawn from its form, as another fell from a barrage of twin galtlings from a suit he'd never seen before.

The Airmaster dove down on three more Septems as they fired on it, he unleashed three shots each being sent without seemingly much resistance through the cockpits of the suits and knocking them out in rapid succession, as a orange and white machine followed at high speed keeping pace even though it wasn't in any kind of a flight form.

"The enemy ship has turned and is approaching!" Sala yelled from her station as Jamil looked over.

A shell sailed past the bridge and struck just behind the Freeden and the Astarte, causing the whole ship to shake from the blast. Garrod stumbled forward slightly and braced himself against one of the stations.

"Watch carefully." Jamil spoke calmly causing Garrod to look back at him. "They're professionals." He nodded towards the main monitor where the Leopard and the Airmaster could be seen along with the mobile suits from the Astarte as they engaged the Andes-class ship.

Xxx

"It's time, let me finish this!" Roybea charged the Andes head on as it rapid fired its three turrets trying to out gun the mobile suits and two battleships.

Lockon smiled "Roger that I'll take the left, targeted and firing!" His GN-X IV Sniper Custom sent a shot directly through the ship's starboard turret, causing it to explode with a tremendous blast, as the Leopard and Triton's Serpent R closed at high speed.

Leaping skyward the Leopard landed on the forward main turret just ahead of the bridge, and opened up with its inner arm gatling and two chest gatlings. "AHHH!" Roybea yelled as he unleashed everything his suit had into the main superstructure of the ship.

Triton joined in as the two suits unleashed a micro missile barrage into the main superstructure of the bridge.

Witz and Shinn landed just to the starboard side of the ship from where a new Septem had launched. Sooner than Shinn could fire, Witz had already sent a shot through the shoulder of the suit, putting it down. Before he could spin around, Witz opened fire putting down three Jenice Kai.'s "Well, is that all you've got!?" He snapped over an open frequency.

A Septem moved in rising its bazooka over its head like a club to crush the Airmaster with sheer brute force. As he spun a lance shot down from above, spearing directly through the chest and pinning it to the ground.

"Bout time Rey!" Shinn yelled as the all white and grey GYAN landed next to Shinn's. "It's not my fault, they had my suit down for maintenance…" He turned and looked at the mobile armor "Hey, you alright!?"

"Who gives a damn, it's his fault we're in this fight anyway!" Shinn snapped as the GYAN's monoeye flashed.

Xxx

Garrod watched in awe of the pilots battling "Th…This is a Gundam's battle?" He asked while he watched the two Gundams he'd faced in particular as they utterly demolished the Himalaya and its forces.

The Leopard unleashed a hail of bullets through the last remaining Septem, which had attempted to attack the Serpent R, before firing six grenades directly into the bridge again further demolishing the ship.

The Astarte fired a pair of shells from its port turret into the starboard side of the Himalaya-class ship bringing it to a complete halt. And moments later, a flair shot up from its deck before bursting over it.

Xxx

"Cease fire!" Yzak ordered. "Recall the order for the starboard turret."

"What the hell is that?" Wufei asked as he saw the reddish orange flair burst over the burning ship's hulk.

"I got an in depth explanation from the captain of the Freeden… the Vulture's have a code system they use in the form of flairs." Yzak nodded to the reddish orange flair.

Xxx

"The enemy ship has surrendered." Sala looked over at Jamil.

Garrod turned to look at Jamil "Why did you show me this?" he asked.

Jamil just stood there looking at the burning remains of the once large and imposing warship as the reddish orange flair drifted steadily downwards.

Xxx

"They call it a "Vulture sign", mobile suit pilots and Vultures can convey their intentions by using special flairs. The flairs colors have different meanings. In this case, it means "We don't want to fight anymore. We completely surrender."." Yzak looked at Wufei "I'll give you a copy of their meanings later, after Meyrin finishes imputing them into the ship's computers."

"So, I heard a rumor floating around the ship…" Wufei looked at Yzak. "Is it true that the scientist that came here is…"

"Yes, according to the Captain of that ship, he was killed a few years ago by a mob of people as a result of him sheltering a certain pilot." Yzak looked at him "The original pilot of that Gundam from the other night, the GX-9900."

"And how does he know this?" Wufei asked.

"Because, he is its original pilot. He's the one that pulled the trigger, which caused the end result of the war." Yzak made his way past Wufei and left the bridge "I'm going to kick that Mobile Armor pilot's ass for dragging us into a fight; if you need me I'll be beating the piss out of him!"

Xxx

The drone of the crane echoed from the other hangar as the mobile armor was moved inside the Freeden's maintenance bay. "Thanks." The young man looked at Jamil. "I almost died because of a malfunction in my control system."

Shingo had his arms crossed as he looked at the pilot "That guy, Olba, he's kinda noble looking. Not like a mobile suit pilot." He nodded slightly towards Witz and Roybea, who weren't as clean cut as the other young man.

"Totally different from someone I know." Toniya smiled at him.

"Huh…" Shingo blinked getting a hint that he was being lumped into the same category.

"If I can do anything, let me know. I want to show my appreciation." Olba looked at Jamil.

"Then, why don't you work here?" Witz asked as he and Roybea walked over "Right, captain?" He asked shrugging slightly. "We're hired for defense. We have a reason to stay on this ship."

Olba looked at the two of them "Shall I help you then?" He asked.

"For free?" Roybea asked a little amazed.

"It doesn't matter. As soon as I fix my machine, please." Olba looked at Jamil again.

"I understand." Jamil nodded, noticing Yzak entering the hangar.

Toniya clapped her hands together "I'm Toniya Malme!" She took off at a run over to Olba "Nice to meet you!"

Shingo scratched the back of his head and sighed "There she goes again…"

Sala had her hand on her side as she looked at her "Is it really okay?" She asked causing Shingo to look at her "I know we don't have enough people… but this may be a problem."

Shingo smiled as he turned to her "You think too much… don't worry."

Olba was a little out of sorts when he felt a tap on his shoulder "Yes…" He blinked as he met the glare of Yzak Joule.

"I've got a few choice words for you…" Yzak glared at him "Not many of which can be said in the presence of a woman. But I will say this, drag my ship or crew into a fight you caused again, and I will personally turn you into a bloody smear on the surface of this planet."

Olba wasn't really phased by the threat "I see… understood, and I'm sorry again."

Yzak sighed "You're too nice for your own good. And more over, the way you handled that mobile armor of yours, I can tell you're a rookie. Do yourself a favor, and quit while you're still alive."

"Don't tell him that, he had an error in his machine's control system!" Toniya stuck her tongue out at Yzak.

"Real mature…" Yzak shrugged before turning to Jamil "We're going to salvage some of those suits if you don't mind."

"Help yourself; we've got little space aboard currently." Jamil nodded as Yzak turned and began to leave.

Xxx

"Everything's been fine so far." Dr. Tex looked at Jamil as he walked over to him from his desk. "There are no complications."

Jamil looked out the small porthole window, the light of the moon drifted down into the medical room through the window "That's good." He turned back to Tiffa, looking up he noticed that the bouquet of flowers had changed "Hey, those flowers…"

Dr. Tex looked at them "Flowers? What about them?"

"No, its nothing." Jamil shook his head.

Xxx

Olba leaned against the railing on the upper deck of the Freeden looking out into the night sky "Queen takes bishop. Knight takes queen. Knight moves in… check." He cracked a little smile to himself.

Xxx

Von sat across from Shagia looking at the perplexing situation he'd managed to get himself into, in the game of chess they'd been playing "The knight is strong." He chuckled to himself after having Shagia take his queen.

Shagia smiled "My little brother is good at chess." Shagia rested his chin on his hands as he leaned forward looking at the chess board.

Von chuckled "So, he coached you."

"My cute little brother. He's cute and very active." Shagia smiled "He must be with Tiffa Adill by now."

Von's eyes widened "What? Are you sure?"

Shagia opened his eyes and gave a light smile to Von.

Xxx

Shingo yawned as he stood guard yet again outside of the brig, only to have a puff of white powder cover him from the small observation port. He slid down the frame of the door before slumping to the floor unconscious. The door clicked open and Garrod checked the hall prior to hopping over Shingo to continue his plan. It wasn't a very tedious task to get through the bowels of the ship that late at night without being seen, and he soon was outside in the field near the ships.

Garrod smiled as he picked a small bouquet of red wildflowers before turning quickly to make his way back to the ship. "Ahh…" He stopped coming face to face with Jamil.

"I knew it was you…" Jamil looked at him.

Xxx

A dark shadow was cast across Tiffa's face as a cloudbank obscured the moon's light. The door clicked open and Olba smiled as he made his way inside.

Xxx

"Why didn't you escape?" Jamil asked getting right to the point.

"I won't run away and leave Tiffa on this ship." Garrod glared as he said it.

"There's nothing you can do." Jamil stood his ground "You can't relieve her pain."

"Everyone's chasing her! Just leave her alone!" Garrod nearly snapped in reply "She didn't exactly hope for such power!"

Xxx

Olba clicked a small glass phial into an injection gun and he smiled "I'm here to retrieve the captured princess."

Xxx

"I… Tiffa…" Garrod stuttered slightly. "I… Tiffa…"

Xxx

Brushing aside her hair, Olba leaned forward and put the injection gun to Tiffa's neck "I love you enough… to kill you." He pulled the trigger injecting the neurotoxin. He couldn't resist laughing lightly as he and his brother's plans continued to move forward unimpeded.

Xxx

Garrod began making his way past Jamil to head back towards the ship "Where are you going?" Jamil asked flatly.

"You know where. I'm going back to the ship." Garrod replied in a slight tone, stopping a short distance behind Jamil.

The sound of running footsteps caught their attention "Captain! I've been looking for you! It's an emergency!" Sala yelled as she stopped at the top of the small hill.

"Is it Tiffa?" Jamil asked already assuming the worst, catching Garrod's attention.

"Her condition suddenly changed." Sala looked at them.

"Wh… What!?" Garrod's eyes were wide as he heard it.

It didn't take long for them to hurry back to the ship and to find their way into the medical room "I don't know why… but her nervous system started to collapse." Dr. Tex looked at her, having already put an oxygen mask on her and doing what he could with the limited facilities they had. "If this continues, she'll only live for one week."

Garrod and Jamil both turned abruptly "That can't be!" Garrod's eyes were wide as he said it.

"If we had a better facility, we could do more." Tex looked at Tiffa "I don't know what they have over on that other ship… but chances are it's not much better. So there isn't any place like what we need around here."

Jamil's eyes widened slightly "No, there is." He turned to leave for the bridge nearly running into a young woman with black hair.

"Sorry about that, your first officer sent us a message saying there was a medical emergency…" The girl looked at Jamil then to Dr. Tex.

"And you are?" Dr. Tex looked at her.

"Dr. Hilde Vashti, I'm one of the doctors aboard the Astarte." Hilde walked around Jamil "So what happened?"

"Her nervous system started to collapse suddenly." Tex looked at her.

"Any ideas on the cause?" Hilde asked as she took a clipboard from Tex.

Tex shook his head in return "We don't have the facilities to figure out the cause aboard the ship, unless your ship has something…"

"We have better facilities, but dealing with the nervous system… I don't think we have anything unless it's an anti-toxin, nano-machine treatments wouldn't be very effective." Hilde turned and looked at Jamil "I think I heard you say that there was some other facility in the area?"

Tex looked at him "You know if you plan on it, this time they'll be ready for us…"

"I'll inform the bridge crew, we'll be in touch with the captain of your ship shortly." Jamil made his way out.

"What did he mean by that?" Hilde looked at Tex.

"The facility he's talking about is one I had written off as a possibility… the Alternative Company's research lab." Dr. Tex looked to Tiffa "It's the one, that about two weeks ago from now, they rescued her from."

Xxx

"What!? We're gonna attack the Alternative Company's lab again!?" Toniya gaped as Jamil said it.

Roybea stretched his arms behind his head "He says it so casually…"

"Yeah…" Witz looked over at Olba.

"I don't know the situation well, so…" Olba looked at the two.

Yzak and Wufei looked around at the crew members of the Freeden from the spots they'd taken for the small meeting. "This operation is time critical." Jamil spoke again. "The target is… the Alternative Company's medical lab." The main monitor came online showing the topographical map of the area with the facility marked out in red. "We want to take it without damaging it."

"Hold on, Jamil." Roybea lowered his arms as he looked at the back of his seat in the bridge "I haven't said that I'll take this job."

Witz nodded agreeing with Roybea and drawing a slight stare from Yzak and Wufei, who were a little bemused not being used to pilots who were nothing more than hired guns.

"I'll pay you a substantial reward." Jamil looked back at the two.

"I'll take it." Witz snapped his fingers at the mention of a big paycheck.

Roybea shrugged as he planted his hand on his hip "Suit yourself."

"Uhh…" Witz blinked being a little eager to work.

"We attacked by surprise before." Roybea noted "They'll be on guard this time. Isn't it just a bit too softhearted to go there again?"

"I'm aware of the danger, but…" Jamil looked at the two.

"If we don't go…" Roybea looked at him "That girl will die, right?" He asked flatly. "But, I just don't get it."

Sala stepped forward from her station "We have the same question. We've always trusted you, and followed your orders… but this time, there are just too many things we don't understand. Why are you so persistent about that girl, Tiffa Adill?"

Yzak cocked an eyebrow as he heard the crew's sentiments, noticing he wasn't the only one a little surprised that Jamil had kept his own crew in the dark, Wufei also seemed a little intrigued.

"Is there enough value in her that we should all risk our lives for her sake?" Sala asked directly.

"That's a little imprudent wouldn't you say…" Wufei stopped holding his tongue, causing the others to look at him "You're talking about a life here… would you feel the same if it were yourself in her situation?"

Sala looked at him a little taken back at Wufei's comments "I…"

"Though I happen to agree with everyone else to an extent… in this situation they are warranted an explanation, if they're expected to risk their lives." Yzak looked at Jamil.

Roybea had his hands planted on his hips "Don't tell me it is love…" He almost laughed at the thought, drawing an immediate glare from both Sala and Toniya, and even to Wufei's surprise Witz, who had been agreeing with him almost completely till that point.

Roybea sighed "Well, weather I take this job depends on your answer."

Jamil looked at Yzak "And what about your crew?"

"Yeah, me too." Witz nodded quickly changing his stance again.

"It's just like you to be influenced so quickly." Toniya looked at him.

"Shut up!" Witz snapped back.

"I'm not quite that callous…" Yzak nodded.

A whistle went off almost like an alarm and Jamil brought up the line on the small monitor in the arm of his chair "It's getting worse, Jamil."

"It can't be!" Jamil looked at him.

"But it is… and her condition…" Tex looked at him from the monitor "Is worsening at an accelerated pace."

"I understand." Jamil closed the line before getting up and walking to the helm. Powering up the ship's main engines he began to pilot it out.

Wufei glanced at the door which wasn't completely shut "I see… we have an eavesdropper…"He nudged Yzak and nodded towards the door. "Shouldn't we get back…"

"Send them a message and tell them to keep up, also have the pilots assemble for a briefing on the situation." Yzak nodded.

"Fifteen years ago…" Jamil started "Fifteen years ago… I was a Federation soldier during the war."

Yzak looked over at Jamil noticing the others also looking at him.

"I was a Gundam pilot." Jamil spoke directly, causing everyone to blink in surprise.

"Just how in the dark did he keep his crew?"Yzak looked around at them.

Xxx

"A Gundam… Pilot!?" Garrod blinked as he heard it from his spot on the floor peaking through the door.

Xxx

"I caused that dreaded tragedy…" Jamil continued with his story "Once, there was a war… the conflict that one colony started for independence grew into a full scale war between the Earth Federation and the colonies. The war went on for eight months, but was a stalemate. The colonies then made a gamble in war diplomacy. They demanded that the Federation surrender by using their trump card, a colony drop, which would cause tremendous damage to the Earth. Against this, the Earth introduced their secret weapon, the Mobile Suit "Gundam". They vowed to never surrender. It was I who piloted the GX-9900 fifteen years ago."

Yzak looked around at the others gauging their reactions to the story as Jamil continued. "Against the colony drop operation, a newtype, like me, was required to control the unmanned bit Mobile Suits." Jamil spoke calmly, catching Yzak and Wufei's attention again.

"Bit mobile suits…" Yzak muttered knowing they had used similar tactics themselves, but thought of the GX-9900 using bits similarly armed to itself.

"But this one shot… became the trigger." Jamil paused for a moment "Which would cause the worst tragedy in history. The rush to win forced the execution of the operation. The Federation counterattacked without retreating. The battle became bogged down after that, until finally… you know what happened after that. The war became worse, and everything died. We newtypes were used as tools of war… and most of us died."

"Then it's true that soldiers with special abilities were used in the last war, right?" Olba spoke up, causing the others to look at him.

Sala blinked "Captain, do you still have that ability?" she asked.

"No… if I'm forced to use it, it will cause tremendous pain." Jamil replied calmly.

"I see. Tiffa is…" Toniya looked at him. "That kind of newtype, isn't she?"

Jamil nodded "It's a possibility… So, I want to save her by my own hand. Not just Tiffa. If there are other Newtypes… I want to keep saving them, no matter the cost. That's why I'm persistent about Tiffa Adill." He looked back at them "Are you satisfied?" He asked.

"Yes." Sala smiled.

"Captain, I'll take it." Shingo nodded as he stepped up and took the helm from him.

"Thank you." Jamil looked at him before the others began returning to their posts.

"I don't understand difficult stories… but I'm okay with it." Toniya smiled from her post.

"I appreciate it." Jamil replied calmly.

Sala settled in at her post as Yzak looked at Jamil about to speak up himself "Sorry, but I'm leaving." Roybea cut him off, causing the others to look at them.

"I'm leaving as well." Witz piped up.

"I don't like that kind of ideology." Roybea shrugged.

"I don't like it either. The story is too heavy." Witz nodded.

Before anyone else could say anything Jamil spoke "I knew you'd say that. I won't force you to stay. I'm going to pay your reward according to our contract."

Roybea smiled as he waved to them "Well then, goodbye." He turned to leave.

"Let's pack our bags…" Witz turned and followed him out.

"That's what free agents are, I guess." Toniya shrugged.

"What are you going to do?" Sala asked as they looked at Olba who was still there.

"Because you saved me, let me cooperate with you." Olba smiled at them.

"That's great." Toniya smiled.

Sala looked at Jamil "But what're you going to do, Captain? With those two gone, we don't have much strength… unless…"

"We have a total of twenty four machines… but we don't exactly know what we're up against in this situation…" Yzak looked at Jamil "Based on what they said… this Alternative Company is heavily guarded right?"

"Twenty four…" Toniya blinked as she gaped at them.

"Yzak…" Wufei glared not really sure if they still should be quite that trusting of them.

"It's fine… but we're in the dark in this case with regards to their defenses, capabilities, and tactics." Yzak smiled. "I'm assuming you don't have a problem with us extending a helping hand?" He looked at Jamil completely brushing off Wufei's concern.

"Will all of your pilots agree though?" Sala asked. "Not many will agree with the Captain's line of thought…"

"Perhaps you should be as open with my crew as I have been." Jamil looked at him in return.

"The pilots aboard our ship aren't exactly opposed to his line of thought… in fact it's almost what we were sent here to do." Yzak spoke up.

"Sent… what?" Sala blinked.

"In the sake of saving time, I'll put it bluntly… we're a military ship, sent here on a relief and aid mission from a multi-national taskforce. Like Miss Adill, but without the nervous system collapsing, some of our crew who are also newtypes had collapsed as a result of that battle the other day…though some who are pilots that were on the field had special helmets that helped protect us from the direct mental shock of it."

"Wait so your ship has…" Sala blinked.

"I'm guessing you're from some of those small countries that popped up in Asia then?" Olba asked.

"Not exactly…" Wufei spoke up now "And though I don't exactly agree with everything… I think the others will help."

"So then, where are you from?" Shingo asked from the helm.

"Sometimes I wonder if people would believe us in this kind of a situation." Yzak let out a light laugh.

"What are you aliens from outer space or something?" Toniya couldn't resist laughing a little at the thought.

"In a roundabout way… yeah…" Wufei laughed as he walked over to a station and put a small disc into it, the main monitor displayed the star map of the galaxy as well as a small table of data pertaining to the warp drive. "It would probably be a little longer than fifteen years ago… but one of the reasons we came here is because of a certain scientist. Who was responsible for developing the Gundams here… He came here as a result of conflicts resulting in the ESUN, like other scientists who did the same…"

Sala looked at the information "Faster than light travel… you're..." She looked at Yzak.

"In short…" He pointed at one dot "You are here… I am from there." He pointed to another of the four dots shown on the map. "Wufei is from that one."

"You're crazy…" Toniya laughed.

"Not exactly…" Jamil reached into his pocket and pulled out the battered old photograph of the scientists. "I've reviewed the information they've provided…"

"So they…" Sala looked at Yzak who simply nodded in return.

"What's it like? Is the sky red or something where you're from…I was wondering if you dyed your hair?" Toniya started in with the bombardment of questions.

"No, and no. We're not exactly sure why, but from what we've figured out so far, in each of the arms of our galaxy… an "Earth" exists…" Yzak looked at her with a little bit of a glare "And this is my natural hair color."

"If you're military, why aren't you wearing uniforms?" Olba asked.

"We got some partial data from destroyed mobile suits floating around in orbit, we assumed that most people would be hostile towards anyone in a uniform… after having around thirty colonies dropped across the entire world." Wufei looked at him.

"So what's it like… space?" Sala asked.

"It's harsh… unforgiving… and yet beautiful at the same time." Yzak looked at them.

"And that is why I was unsure if you'd help…" Jamil looked at him "Most of your pilots are from colony based nations… I fought for a military that opposed colony independence."

"We've fought many wars against exactly the kind of nation you fought for… but ironically, our reasoning and actions now are the same as yours. We fought against oppressors, that nation known as the United Nations Earth… no longer exists. The last data we could find about it…"

"Was in After War 0005, instability and chaos reigned in the early years, so it wound up dissolving." Sala looked at them.

"I'd say chaos still exists… compared to any of our nations… we don't exactly have roving warships and mobile suit pilots running around all over creation." Wufei looked at them.

Xxx

Witz and Roybea made their way down the hallway towards the hangar with their gear only to meet Garrod, who stood with his arms stretched out blocking them from leaving. "What the hell do you want?" Witz asked.

"If you say "Take me with you", ask someone else." Roybea looked at Garrod.

"That's not it. I want you guys to help Jamil." Garrod looked at the two pilots.

"I see, you must have heard the story on the bridge." Witz looked at Garrod.

"We don't have time for this, kid." Roybea looked at him before they both started forward.

"Hey, wait!" Garrod exclaimed.

"Move, or you'll get hurt." Witz looked at him.

"Please, with everybody… AHH" Garrod couldn't finish as Witz kneed him in the gut knocking the wind out of him.

"Persistent kid." Witz glared as Garrod collapsed to the floor, he and Roybea started off again before he felt something holding his ankle "Huh…" He looked over his shoulder to see Garrod on the floor in pain looking at him.

"P…please…" Garrod asked again.

Witz glared "SHUT UP!" He spun and kicked Garrod square in the face, sending him a few feet back.

Witz shifted his bag over his shoulder again "I told you, you'd get hurt." He looked at Garrod on the floor.

Garrod pushed himself up into a sitting position before wiping some blood from his mouth where he'd been cut, glaring at the two of them all the while "It was stupid of me to ask you." He pushed himself up, prior to turning and slowly walking away.

Witz glared at him "He stared at me with such disgust. He's forgetting his place."

"He's forgetting his place, huh?" Roybea looked back at Garrod "Kids are like that. They can't distinguish between what they want to do, and what they can do. Sometimes they think they can change the world by themselves… But sometimes they belittle themselves because they think they're too small. That's what childhood is."

Witz looked at Roybea "You support him, then, don't you?" He asked.

Roybea let out a light laugh "No way. Adults can't act like that."

It didn't take long for them to launch into the evening's dusk "Even so, that punk… looked at me with such disgust in his eyes."

Roybea smiled a little "Well, that kid is still something."

Xxx

Garrod opened the door to the medical room as silently as he could. Seeing Dr. Tex sitting at the desk and reading by the small table lamp, he crept his way over not making a sound while pulling out the straw with the knock out powder already primed, he prepared to put him out for a few minutes by drawing in a breath as silently as he could.

"I don't want you to disturb my reading." Tex stated flatly and catching Garrod off guard thinking he hadn't made a sound.

Dr. Tex got up and collected his book "I'll be outside. Call me when you're finished." He walked past him without even asking, and left the room.

Garrod stood there blinking a little surprised for a moment and then turning to see him leave, he was a little amazed at his politeness, he turned and looked at Tiffa, who had the oxygen mask on and the sheets pulled up to her neck in the medical bed. He walked over and knelt down "Tiffa, I'm sorry… because I was stupid, you ended up like this." He sighed "I misunderstood that Jamil guy. I thought he was a bad guy… but the truth is so different. He holds you more valuable than I do. Anyway, I'm ashamed of myself."

A soft knock came on the door "Visiting hour is over. Somebody's coming." Dr. Tex's voice came from outside giving him the warning.

Garrod turned back quickly to Tiffa "I'll be back. Don't die. Definitely don't die." He stood and quickly made his way to the door. Opening it softly he made his way out into the hall, where Dr. Tex leaned against the wall calmly taking a smoke break. Garrod bowed slightly in his appreciation to the doctor's kindness.

""I'll be back", huh?" Tex muttered to himself repeating what he'd heard, he looked down the hall at Garrod as he hurried to get back to his room. "I hope she'll live until the next time."

Xxx

Dawn broke over the two ships as they continued to cruise towards their planned destination while the Freeden fired a flair high into the sky, the red explosion hung drifting in the air for some time before it finally went out.

"A red signal…" Miriallia blinked seeing it.

"The red Vulture sign means "I need cooperation." Basically from what they've told us, it's a calling card being extended." Meyrin looked over at Yzak who nodded.

"Seeing as the Freeden has lost most of its fighting strength… and we don't know the Alternative Company's current fighting strength… I'd say it's better to be over prepared.

"Ship on radar, due south west and closing quickly!" Jackie Tonomura yelled up from the radar station.

Walking down a few steps Yzak picked up a pair of binoculars and looked "Not showing any hostile signs immediately… most likely responding to the signal."

The deep burgundy red Rocky-class warship closed before sliding alongside the Freeden just ahead of the Astarte.

Xxx

"Long time no see, Jamil!" The captain of the ship smiled as he saw an old friend.

"Rosso Almanta, it's good to see you." Jamil smiled.

The large and rather unkempt man smiled on the monitor "I'll help, so give me a good allowance! HA HA!" He couldn't resist laughing.

Soon another ship, a slate grey Tenzan-class rose over a hill to pull along the Freeden on its opposite side. Shortly a line opened "Because I owe you one, I've been waiting for this." The ship's captain smiled at Jamil.

"I'm glad to hear you say that, Captain Greeds." Jamil smiled at another old acquaintance he'd made from his travels.

Soon a hot pink Pyrenees-class joined the formation, bringing their total to five ships, and a line opened with them "You're still alone, I see." The female captain looked at Jamil. "If this job's successful, how about tagging along with me?"

"We'll see, Rosa Intenso." Jamil looked at her.

Rosa smiled slightly "Your ability to lie hasn't changed either. Well, that's fine." The line closed.

Shingo smiled "Our captain is great."

"It's his magnetic personality." Toniya chimed in.

Sala looked back at Jamil from her station "We can do it with this many Vultures… right, Captain?"

Jamil nodded "Let's begin the meeting."

Once the land battleships were in line at the final location, a pass in the mountains leading towards the Alternative Company preparing for the attack, the ships captains gathered aboard the Freeden for the briefing.

Jamil stood at the head of the room with the tactical display pulled up on the monitor of the briefing room for them "First, we split up and bombard them. After five minutes, all mobile suits will launch, join in front of the lab, and then we'll charge in."

"I see!" Rosso looked at Jamil.

"We pretend to attack from two directions." Captain Greeds smiled.

"So, we split their forces." Rosa nodded.

"A classic pincer maneuver…" Yzak smiled.

"Correct. When the bombardment is complete, aim at the front." Jamil looked at the board and using the pointer he had gestured to their target, the facilities frontal gate. "But, be careful not to let them notice that it's not the real attack."

Xxx

Shagia had his hand over the tarot cards before he opened his eyes "They're coming from the front."

"Are you sure you're not wrong?" Von asked as he looked at Shagia in the dimly lit office, only the light of the late afternoon sun came through the blinds.

"Do you doubt our ability?" Shagia asked as he leaned back in his seat.

"N… no…" Von blinked looking at Shagia.

Shagia smiled "It's only natural. But, you'll see." He paused for a moment as his eyes widened "They'll launch the GX?"

Xxx

"That's right, because of Tiffa's condition… we must hurry." Jamil talked as the Freeden's bridge crew and the Astarte's officers followed him to the hangar. "At the same time the moon comes out, we'll start the operation. With the Satellite Cannon, we'll end it."

"What about the pilot?" Shingo asked.

"That Garrod kid…?" Toniya mused thinking he'd pilot it.

"No…" Jamil stopped "It will be me."

All of them were shocked at the news that he would take it out.

Olba leaned against the corner listening before closing his eyes.

Xxx

Shagia smiled "I see… they'll use the moon's power."

"What're you saying?" Von asked as he walked over a little confused.

Shagia opened his eyes "I want to borrow some men." He stood as Von blinked "I will outwit them." He smiled.

Xxx

Olba opened his eyes and he cracked a light smile "I understand, brother." He turned and quickly made his way back down the hall.

Xxx

The Virsago loomed large as it formed up ahead of the Alternative Company's Daughtresses "By the light of the moon, they will come." The suit's eyes flashed as it launched hovering just above the ground at high speed while the Daughtresses followed close behind it.

Xxx

Nine looked up from his station "Don't we need to fix that mobile armor?" He asked looking over at the machine.

Rococo looked over "He's doing it himself." He saw Olba working on the machine.

"Really? It's a good thing we don't have to." Nine smiled before turning back to the station to continue tuning the GX.

"Alright, it's ok. Let's leave it to the chief." Nine looked as the diagnostic results came back.

Garrod ran out from behind some crates as the two mechanics left and stopped in front of the GX.

"What're you doing here?" A kid's voice asked in an almost uppity know-it-all tone.

Garrod grimaced before turning to see the kid in a set of coveralls with a mustard seed yellow cap backwards on his head, and his hands planted on his hips. He blinked "What? A kid. Go away, you little shit." He half pushed the kid back, not wanting to deal with the younger boy.

The kid glared "What did you say!?" He charged forward and jumped before bringing his steel toed boot down directly on Garrod's foot with all of his weight behind it.

"OWWWWW!" Garrod howled as he leapt up and down on one foot holding the other "You god damn little bastard! You're gonna pay for that!" He snapped as he lunged at the kid grabbing him around the neck.

"What the heck are you trying to do!?" The kid shouted back struggling against Garrod, who was nearly a head and a half taller than the boy who was around ten.

"Damn brat!" Garrod shouted back.

"Chief!?" Nine ran over as did Rococo.

"Bastard!" Rococo shouted as the two ran forward.

Garrod looked back just in time for the kid to take advantage of the distraction, and bit Garrod on the arm "AHHHH!" He yelped as the kid leapt away, just before the two mechanics tackled him and put him in an arm lock on the floor.

"I had a feeling it was you, Gundam Boy…" The kid looked down at Garrod as he spoke with a sort of know it all tone to his voice.

"You brat, I don't remember saying that you could call me boy!" Garrod glared up at him from the floor at the kid who had his hands on his hips again.

"Shut up, moron." The kid smirked as he put his boot in Garrod's face.

"Be careful how you speak to him!" Nine glared at Garrod.

Rococo glared "He's the chief mechanic! Call him Mr. Sam Salsamille!"

Garrod gaped as the kid grinned at him "Hit here, I'm a boy genius."

"What's all the racket?" Jamil asked as he walked over with Ian.

"Hey, Jamil check it out!" Sam gestured to Garrod on the floor.

"You…" Jamil looked at him.

"AHHH!" Garrod shouted as he forced his way up and throwing the two mechanics off, who had been distracted for a moment, before plopping down on the floor again. "Please, let me pilot the Gundam. For Tiffa… no, for those like her… I want to fight."

"You…" Jamil looked at him.

"I heard what you said earlier." Garrod looked up at him.

"I'm going to pilot the GX." Jamil looked back at him.

Sam's eyes brightened almost instantly hearing it "Did you get over your cockpit phobia, Jamil?" He asked excitedly.

Jamil was taken back for a moment before he looked away. Sam sighed. "Sorry…" He realized he'd just revealed something he shouldn't have.

"Cockpit phobia?" Garrod asked.

Jamil grimaced a little "It's an aftereffect from the war…"

"If that's true, then I'd be better if I…" Garrod started before the whole hangar shook from the roar of engines starting up, which caused them all to spin and to see what it was.

The dark black and red mobile armor flew forward from where it was and turned to face them, a large eye flashed to life before it opened fire and sending shots whizzing over their heads as they all covered themselves and ducked.

Xxx

An explosion rocked the ship slightly on the bridge "What the!?" Toniya asked.

Xxx

"What the fuck!?" Dearka gaped as the explosion erupted from the Freeden and the mobile armor shot out of the smoke ahead of them.

Xxx

Olba smirked as he looked at his rear view over his shoulder and seeing the shocked faces of the Freeden's crew "Now you'll see Gundam Ashtaron's true form." He transformed the suit directly ahead of the Astarte, its legs deployed before its arms spread wide, turning to look at the bridge, the blood red face was illuminated by the acid green eyes of the NRX-0015 Gundam Ashtaron.

Xxx

Ian's eyes were as large as dinner plates "It's a…"

"What the…? That's a Gundam!" Garrod gaped.

Jamil watched as it turned to the Freeden and realizing what it was up to. "Tiffa!"

The Ashtaron flew down before kicking in part of the hull and grabbing on to brace itself.

Xxx

Olba smiled. "Beautiful princess, I will save you." He deployed one of the Ashtaron's two primary weapons, the Atomic Scissor Claws. The articulated arm swung around from the back of the suit before the claw opened and thrust forward into the upper decks of the ship, prying open the ship like a sardine can.

Xxx

Dr. Tex burst into the medical room to see the Ashtaron lifting the medical bed with Tiffa out through the gaping hole in the ship. "STOP! SHE SHOULDN'T BE MOVED!"

Xxx

Olba looking down to make sure the bed was secure in the Ashtaron's hands with the small inflatable bags coming out of the palms and fingers to help cushion it, he covered it to protect her.

Pulling back, he flew away over the Astarte's port side towards the hills and the Alternative Company beyond them.

Xxx

"Tiffa!" Garrod shouted as he saw the Ashtaron leaving.

"There's a group of mobile suits ahead!" Sala's voice came over the announcement system of the Freeden, and he noticed it standing there on the ridgeline, flanked by Daughtresses, another Gundam.

Xxx

"The hell…" Lockon gaped as he saw it on his suit's monitor "More Gundams!?"

Xxx

Olba smiled as he flew towards his brother's suit, "I did it, Brother."

"You really did, my little brother." Shagia smiled lightly as the Ashtaron flew past "And now…"

Olba smiled as he saw the Virsago deploy its claws and brace itself into a firing position, its black wings spread wide as its torso rose revealing its most powerful weapon, the Megasonic Gun, it began to charge and small golden yellow particles began to form just ahead of it.

Xxx

"This looks bad!" Garrod yelled.

Ian ran over to the hole "Hurry up and get some suits out there to stop it!" He yelled towards the Astarte.

Seemingly on cue, the dark green and white GN-X IV Sniper Custom launched and leveled its rifle towards the amassed enemy mobile suits.

Xxx

Olba looked back over his shoulder "It may be that dusk is the proper time to die…"

As the Megasonic Gun finished charging, red sparks flew around the mouth of the gun as it glowed as bright as the sun "Go to hell, without seeing the moon!" He fired.

Xxx

"HOLY FUCK!" Lockon yelled as the Virsago released the massive reddish orange beam roaring directly towards the ships.

Xxx

"Evade!" Sala yelled from her station.

"Roger!" Shingo forcibly pushed all of the engines to their maximum power and spun the wheel hard to the right in an attempt to avoid a direct hit.

The massive beam roared down the port side of the ship before striking the primary air intake of the engines towards the rear of the Freeden.

"We're hit!" Shingo yelled as the ship shook violently from the explosion damaging the engines while it ground to a halt.

Xxx

"Freeden, are you alright?" Rosa asked over the frequency they had arranged for the operation.

"Our main engine was hit!" Sala relayed back.

Xxx

"Cover the Freeden!" Captain Greeds ordered from the bridge of the Tenzan-class.

Xxx

"Launch all mobile suits!" Rosso Almanta gave the command to his pilots.

Xxx

Yzak nodded "Scramble all mobile suit units, Wufei lets get out there! Da Costa you have the bridge!"

"I'm a little busy trying to keep us from being blown to smithereens by that Gundam!" Martin yelled back.

"I'll take command then." Kathy got up from her post and went to the top of the bridge.

"Done, keep a bombardment up on their position, if a gun isn't firing it had better be reloading or destroyed!" Yzak snapped as he and Wufei ran for the hangar to join the others.

Xxx

The combined forces from the four ships covering the Freeden charged towards the Alternative Company's Daughtresses and the two Gundams. Their forces nearly outnumbering the Alternative Company's by two to one. "Mobile Suits have appeared, brother." Olba noted as the Ashtaron flew slightly above the other suits.

"It doesn't look like the Gundam type has come out. Olba, take Tiffa to the lab." Shagia instructed as he looked over his shoulder at the Ashtaron.

"I understand, brother." Olba replied as he turned and flew off in the direction of the Alternative Company's lab.

Shagia turned back to the matter at hand "Well then, let's do it!" The Virsago's cameras flashed before it soared off of the cliff down towards the incoming mobile suits with the Daughtresses close behind.

An Octape Kai opened fire on him with its 100mm machine gun, dodging the shots with ease he returned fire with the claw beam cannon of the Virsago, sending the shot directly through the head of the Octape Kai and knocking it out of action.

The four ships that weren't disabled advanced supporting the mobile suits by bombarding the Alternative Company's forces with a constant barrage from their guns.

Xxx

Garrod turned and ran for the GX "Wait!" Jamil yelled after him.

Garrod turned to look as Jamil walked over to him "What are you planning on doing?"

Garrod glared at him "Naturally, I'm taking the Gundam out."

Jamil held up the control stick he'd taken from Garrod "The GX won't work without this."

"Uhh…" Garrod gaped "Give me that!" He turned to grab it from Jamil, who just held it closer to himself stopping him from taking it.

"The enemy is a mysterious Gundam." Jamil looked at him.

"This is a Gundam, too!" Garrod snapped in return.

"And we can't use the Satellite Cannon at this time." Jamil continued making his point.

"I know that!" Garrod glared at him.

"If you make a mistake, you'll die." Jamil was blunt at this point with him.

"I've risked my life from the beginning!" Garrod yelled back at him.

"So, what are you fighting for?" Jamil asked calmly.

"Uhh…" Garrod blinked, taken aback at the question.

"What are you fighting for?!" Jamil's voice was firmer demanding a response.

Garrod blinked "Well… that's … N…Newtypes… well…" He shook his head repeatedly gathering his thoughts and running his hands through his hair fiercely "What a pain! That's not it!" He glared at Jamil "I… I want to help Tiffa!"

Jamil stood there just looking at the boy with the mechanics looking over at them.

"I've liked her from the beginning, it's only natural!" Garrod yelled at Jamil.

Sam stretched his arms behind his head "Is it normal to say that so directly?"

"No… not really…" Ian chuckled a little.

Jamil took the few steps between himself and Garrod before holding out the control stick to him "Uhh…" Garrod blinked at it a little shocked.

"I leave Tiffa to you." Jamil held the control stick for the GX out for Garrod to take.

Garrod smiled before snatching the control stick out of Jamil's hand and running for the lift up to the GX.

Sam and Ian walked over to him "Can you depend on him?" Sam asked.

"He's inexperienced, but he has talent. He's better than someone like me with cockpit phobia…" Jamil watched as Garrod ascended the lift to the suit.

"But will he be alright?" Sam asked crossing his arms as Garrod jumped into the cockpit. "He's talented, but he acts like a fool."

Garrod clicked the control stick into place as the GX started up "Gundam… launching!" He smiled.

"Don't forget the rifle!" Sam yelled up to him "And take the shoulder vulcan too!"

Ian looked over at the equipment as the GX picked up the vulcan and clicked it into place on the left side of the head. "Who designed that… I never thought of putting an external piece of equipment there, because it would block the camera's angle of view…"

"Not if you have a camera on its outer side to eliminate the blind spot." Sam grinned.

"I thought I told you no altering…" Jamil looked at him.

"I didn't alter the Gundam, I just took some spare parts I had lying around…" Sam shrugged.

"Not bad kid… your old man would be proud of you." Ian patted him on the head as the rush of air from the GX launching out of the rear of the Freeden hit them.

Xxx

"I'm on my way, Tiffa." Garrod flew ahead of the four ships covering the Freeden. "Huh…AHH!" He pulled back and up just in time to avoid the golden claws as they arched past him while he touched down, so did the Virsago right in front of him. "What the…?"

Shagia smiled lightly "It was a mistake not waiting for the moon to come out, GX." He launched the right arm at it and the GX dodged back to its left avoiding it. Before the claw shot back and the left one surged forward narrowly missing the left hip of the GX.

Garrod dodged again as the right one flew towards him. "He's fast!" Before it could be flung towards him again the right arm stopped short and fired its claw beam cannon. Leaping into the sky he avoided the blast as it hit directly where he had been.

Xxx

"What the… it's that Gundam from the other day!" Kathy's eyes were wide seeing it joining the fight.

"I think it's called the GX-9900 or something…" Meyrin looked at it as it avoided attacks from the Virsago on the main monitor.

"Let the others know!" Kathy ordered "Try to support it against that other Gundam!"

Xxx

"Geez, he's just defending!" Toniya watched the main monitor where the fight between the GX and the Virsago was being displayed "I knew the captain had an illness, but…" She sighed.

The door hissed open and Shingo looked over his shoulder to see who it was, and saw Jamil. "Keep it down…" He whispered over to Toniya.

"What is it!?" After she didn't received an answer she shouted "Just shut up!" Toniya turned to look "Ack… Captain!" She gaped.

Sala looked at him "Then who's piloting the Gundam?"

"Don't tell me Garrod is in that thing!?" Shingo looked back at him, hoping that one of the other pilots from the Astarte or another ship might have come aboard to use it.

Jamil took his seat calmly "That's correct."

Xxx

The GX flew high as it fired its Shield Buster Rifle down on the Virsago in an attempt to keep it at bay. Rolling above and then below the shots, Shagia had no problem dealing with Garrod's inexperience as a pilot, lashing out with the right arm he knocked the GX back.

Garrod glared "Shit!" He activated the shoulder vulcan, it flipped down into place and opened up, sending a spray of fifty caliber bullets down peppering the Virsago.

Pulling back and down Shagia glared as he shielded his suits cameras "Don't mock me!" He glared as he fired the claw beam cannon in response, the shot flew clean through the air and straight down the length of the vulcan, causing it to explode. The force of the blast sent the GX flying to the ground where it crash landed in a rocky outcrop. "AHH!" Garrod grimaced as he felt the full force of the impact shoot through his body. Opening his eyes he saw the Virsago looming just over his head, readying to fire directly down through his cockpit.

"Farewell, GX." Shagia smirked as he fired.

"AHH!" Garrod screamed as he pushed both control sticks forward punching the verniers to their maximum output, the GX shot up the short rocky embankment and into the sky. He returned the shot forcing the Virsago back in turn "It ain't over yet!" Hesnapped as he continued to fire almost wildly after the Virsago.

Xxx

Jamil watched as Garrod chased after his opponent with an almost overconfident zeal "I used to be like that…"A blast shook the ship as one of the Daughtresses exploded.

Xxx

Heero rolled high as a pair of Daughtresses continued to try to get him into a crossfire with their machine guns. "James get around them!"

"Easier said than done!" James yelled back while his Vulpecula took fire from two more Daughtresses as he and Duo tried to avoid getting hit. "These things aren't really all that well armored you know!"

The Tallgeese VI charged past them towards the group of five Daughtresses "Then let me deal with them!"

"Naina don't be reckless!" Duo yelled as all five turned to fire on her.

"Now Heero!" Naina yelled to him.

"Roger!" Heero rolled transforming his custom Aquila and leveled the Buster Rifle MP directly over them, he fired sending a massive golden yellow beam down and enveloping the two that had been focusing on him, as Naina leveled the Tallgeese VI's Staff Mega Cannon and fired in turn destroying another two, and crippling the third.

As the last suit on the ground took aim at Naina, a beam from Duo's Vulpecula rocketed through its torso destroying it. "You're crazy you know that right, Naina!"

"You just don't know how to fight out in the open Duo… get used to it." Naina replied calmly.

"Hey, knock it off you two let's… oh shit, the GX is out here!" James yelled as he saw it dueling the Virsago, one on one.

"We can't worry about it now, its pilot is holding their own against it, we'll deal with the others first!" Wufei yelled as he brought his Ursa to a halt near them.

Xxx

"I heard the bar is reserved for the day, so we can drink all night!" A man smiled at the barkeeper who was polishing a glass.

A girl looked over at them "Wait, where's our host? Where is my Roybea?" She asked, knowing he'd called her to let her know he was in the area.

Xxx

Outside in the red haze of the dusk, Roybea leaned against the foot of the Leopard, looking into the glass of brandy he had. "That kid…"

Xxx

"AHHH!" Witz roared as he pushed the verniers to their full power, forcing a shattered building back with the Airmaster. As it slowed to a stop he knelt the suit down and picked up the metal plate covering his hiding spot to reveal in the light of the setting sun the rows of gold bars, glittering in the light reflecting off of the white paint of the Airmaster. With paper money losing virtually all value, most transactions were done in gold.

He lowered himself down the lift line to his savings, walking across the pad of gold he smiled as he reached into his jacket and pulling out two more gold bars, he placed them down side by side.

"And that's it…" He smiled as he sat down and sighed, reaching into the opposite side of his jacket over his heart he pulled out a photograph

"Be patient a while longer." He smiled at the photograph of his family, his mother, his three younger sisters and his two younger brothers, who he'd gone out to work and to earn a living for them. "When I get a little more, I'll take you guys away."

"AHH!" Witz stretched before sprawling himself out across the cold metallic surface of his gold bars. He looked skyward as the sound of the wind whipping over head pushed the clouds along "That punk he's around Drasso's age… maybe a year younger…"

Xxx

The Ashtaron flew in over the Alternative Company's lab, kicking up a gust of wind as it touched down near two doctors waiting. Olba knelt down and carefully placed the bed near them before they ran over. He opened his cockpit "She's under the affects of APM! Tend to her quickly!" He yelled down to them.

"I understand!" One of the doctors yelled back before they took her off and Von walked over to the suit.

"You're Olba Frost, aren't you?" Von asked looking up at the younger brother of the two.

Olba nodded "Yes, as my brother promised… I brought Tiffa Adill here."

Von smiled at him "Very well."

"Then I'm leaving." Olba yelled down "I'll go help my brother finish the Vultures." He turned and reentered the suit before taking off, heading back towards the battlefield.

Von smiled "Is that so? You'd better make sure you don't neglect finishing them off." He turned to follow the doctors noticing a looming shadow approaching the base in the red glare of the setting sun.

Xxx

Garrod charged after the Virsago firing wildly as it dodged flying backwards just above the ground "Hit him! Hit him!" He pulled the trigger repeatedly.

The GX's target was locked finally and the beam began to form before it dispersed "M… My rifle is out of energy!?" Garrod gaped realizing he'd exhausted his primary ranged weapon's power.

Shagia smirked as he saw it "He's an amateur." Changing direction almost instantly he shot up like a bullet towards the GX, launching the right arm towards it he knocked it back off balance.

"AHH!" Garrod screamed as he fell before the left arm hit striking the GX square in the torso just above the hip, sending the suit spiraling down to the ground where it crashed hard against a rock face.

The Virsago touched down, bracing itself with its arms deployed and then its torso rose revealing the Megasonic Gun. "The best weapon should be saved for last."

Instantly he came under fire from three Septems and the Serpent R "How about you fight someone who's a real pilot!" Triton glared as he opened fire with the missiles from its shoulders.

Shagia glared as the missiles struck, causing virtually no damage to the suit "Don't interfere." He turned and unleashed the energy that had been built up in the Megasonic gun thus far, dispersing it in a massive spread field of fire, the pinkish red beams spread like a shotgun blast knocking all four suits out.

"Triton!" Quatre yelled as he saw it happen, the Serpent R disabled a few yards from the Virsago.

Xxx

"What the!? With just one shot?" Rosso Almanta gaped as it happened, most of his ship's pilots were knocked out of the fight.

Xxx

"A scattering beam?!" Captain Greeds looked horrified.

Xxx

Rosa glared "That thing is a monster!"

Xxx

"YOU BASTARD!" Quatre charged headlong towards the Virsago with his Maganac Commander's heat axe raised.

The Virsago lashed out knocking the head and arm off of Quatre's suit with the left claw "As I said… don't interfere." Shagia glared as he turned back to the GX, paying no heed to the insignificant suits that were challenging him. He opened fire at the same time as the GX punching its thrusters avoiding the shot before leveling off a little unsteadily.

"I can't die here…" Garrod's eyes were wide seeing it knock out so many suits in quick succession.

Xxx

"It… it looks a little dangerous, doesn't it?" Toniya blinked as she looked at the destroyed and disabled suits on the screen, and the Virsago looming on the battlefield seemingly without a scratch.

"No, it's extremely dangerous!" Shingo replied.

"Calculate the time until moonrise!" Jamil ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Sala relayed as she began doing the calculations.

Xxx

"Triton, are you alright!?" Meyrin yelled frantically trying to get him to respond.

"They're fine, there are still life signs, but we need to get them both back here quickly!" Miriallia looked up at her before turning back to her monitor. "Dearka, Lockon, can you hear me? Quatre and Triton are down, they need cover from enemy fire until we can recover them! They're not conscious!"

Xxx

"Shit, just great!" Lockon glared as he pulled back hard, avoiding a rocket launched from a Daughtress' Bazooka.

"We're a little preoccupied, trying not to be taken out here ourselves!" Dearka glared as he leveled the Gunner ZAKU's beam cannon and fired on the Daughtress that had fired on Lockon's GN-X IV Sniper Custom. "These guys aren't exactly rookie pilots you know!"

"I'll cover the suits, and see if I can help that Garrod kid out!" Setsuna relayed, as the deep cobalt blue Custom Flag rocketed towards a group of Daughtresses moving to finish off the crippled suits.

"Setsuna!" Lockon yelled as their only close range support now left to cover the crippled suits.

"I may not be in my Gundam, but that doesn't matter!" Setsuna roared as he transformed the Flag diving down on a Daughtress and carving it in half with the GN Sword II Kai. Switching the sword's modes as the other two suits turned to fight him, he fired its GN Beam guns through the head and torso of the first suit.

"What the fuck is this thing!?" He heard a pilot asking as the last Daughtress drew a beam saber and charged the Custom Flag.

Setsuna glared as he parried the attack with the GN Sword and drew one of the plasma sabers before thrusting towards the suit, it quickly pulled back avoiding the thrust. Punching the plasma jet engines to their full power, Setsuna charged it keeping him off balance.

"Setsuna!" Lockon yelled, causing him to look just in time to alter his course as the beam tore through the Daughtress, completely blindsiding it.

Xxx

Von watched as the doctors tended to Tiffa in the Lab's primary medical facility "Have you counteracted the poison?" he asked.

"Yes…" The doctor stood "She'll awaken soon."

"Very good." Von smiled "All that remains is to finish them off."

Xxx

"Captain, ten minutes and thirty seconds." Sala looked at him.

Jamil glared while watching as the GX dueled the Virsago at close range with its Beam Sword. "Ten minutes thirty seconds…"

Xxx

Shagia smirked as he forced the GX to parry "What's wrong, GX?" He taunted "You're not worthy of being called the ultimate Gundam."

Garrod glared at the taunt "AHHH!" He forced the Virsago back before slashing across, narrowly missing the torso. He leapt, rising the large beam sword above the GX's head and brought it down in an attempt to cut the Virsago in half.

The suit shuddered as the arms were caught in one of the black claws of the Ashtaron "What!?" Garrod's eyes were wide seeing it joining the battle again, he pulled back getting away from the new opponent.

"You don't need help, do you, brother?" Olba asked calmly as he looked back at the Virsago.

Shagia smiled "Yes, thanks for coming, Olba."

Olba smiled "I want to finish that Gundam with you, brother."

Garrod glared at the two suits, breathing heavily from the stress and trying to calm his nerves "I won't die until I save Tiffa. I won't!"

Olba looked at the GX as it leveled its beam sword towards them "I'll go first, brother."

"Roger." Shagia replied.

The eyes of the Ashtaron flashed as Olba charged drawing his beam saber and forcing Garrod on the defense. The right claw of the Ashtaron flew forward from the back of the suit, striking the GX in the chest and sending it flying back, before Olba charged slashing down to try to finish the GX.

Garrod dodged to the left before flying up and behind it "EAT THIS!" He yelled as he opened up with the four chest vulcans.

Olba pulled back avoiding the majority of the fire "Brother!"

The Virsago flew in behind the GX and fired its claw beam cannon. Garrod rolled left narrowly avoiding the shot only to find the Ashtaron waiting, it also opened fire with its right claw beam cannon.

Garrod pulled back avoiding it, now on the run from the two enemy Gundams, he opened fire with the four chest vulcans again. Looking over his shoulder hoping for some help there was none in sight, turning back he just caught a glimpse of movement giving him that split second, as the Virsago's claw shot out he avoided a direct hit. The suit shuddered violently, as he turned to look he saw the Ashtaron, both of its claws deployed with a firm grip on either arm. "DAMN IT!"

Olba smiled lightly "So, let's finish it, brother."

Shagia smiled "Let's take the GX back." He activated his beam saber "Just kill the pilot." He leveled it in front of his suit and prepared to charge. "This will be our final farewell, GX!" He charged punching his thrusters to their full power.

Garrod looked on in horror as the Virsago flew towards him, he looked away clenching his eyes knowing it was coming when an explosion caused his suit to shudder.

"WHAT!?" Shagia yelled as he looked down to see what had hit his suit.

The Leopard charged in firing its Inner Arm Gatling after the Virsago.

"Brother!" Olba yelled as he saw it. "AHH!" He yelled as a pair of beams hit the back of his suit and knocking the GX free in the process, he formed up with his brother to watch as the Airmaster transformed while diving in from above.

The two Gundams opened fire again forcing the Ashtaron and Virsago apart with a crossfire as they entered the fight.

Garrod looked around at the two suits as he landed "Witz! Roybea!"

"You've really screwed up." Roybea said almost sarcastically as he fired on the Virsago.

Witz looked down at the GX as he chased the Ashtaron while firing on it "I told you, you're just a kid!"

"I'm glad you guys came back!" Garrod beamed as he heard them.

"Shut up!" Roybea yelled at him "This is just an after-service."

Xxx

"Huh… those two?" Yzak blinked seeing the two Gundams joining the fight.

"It doesn't matter now, does it?" Kira asked as his Murasame Custom landed nearby. "With them helping Garrod, we can focus on these guys…" He turned and fired his beam rifle through the leg of a Daughtress.

"Setsuna, gather up Quatre and Triton, and get them back to the ship immediately, we can handle the mop up!" Yzak ordered as his GYAN's monoeye flashed before he charged a Daughtress command.

Xxx

Toniya smiled as she saw the two Gundams "Those two do have a good side…"

"You're right." Sala smiled as she looked over her shoulder at her.

Xxx

Tiffa opened her eyes to the near blinding white light of the medical facility's operating lights. Pushing herself up she wasn't sure where she was.

"I see you've awakened, Tiffa Adill." Von Alternative spoke, causing her to look over to see him step out of the shadows and into the light.

Tiffa gasped and drew back a little, she knew who he was, and she now knew where she was.

"What are you so afraid of?" Von asked.

Her memories drifted back, the years of tests being preformed, all of the wires and electrodes that had been attached to her for the tests, the isolation of her room with little to no contact. She pushed herself back trying to get away from him.

"Tiffa, this After War world needs a revolution." Von looked at her, the bright light reflecting off of his glasses as he spoke "To do this… it is necessary to understand your ability. We must make sure that you are a genuine newtype."

"He…" Tiffa spoke softly "Help me."

"It is you, who will help me." Von spoke to her. "Your power will help this After War world."

"Chief, the Grandeene is arriving!" An engineer entered the room.

Von looked over his shoulder at him "Alright, I'll be there shortly." He looked at Tiffa and smiled before he turned and left following the engineer. After the short walk he looked up to see four helicopters lowering the dark forest green mobile armor down, before the dull metallic thud echoed as it landed.

Von smiled at his acquisition. "So this is the Grandeene?"

"Yes, sir!" The engineer replied looking at the former SRA mobile armor. "This is the mobile armor that the ex-revolutionary army used. It's equipped with a long range photon particle torpedo launcher."

Von smiled "Very well, prepare it quickly!" he turned to the engineers.

"Yes sir!" he replied before he and the other engineers and mechanics began hooking up the Grandine to a power source to energize its primary weapon.

Von looked at the Grandine "We have regained Tiffa Adill… so we don't need mobile suits anymore. I'll kill them and the Vultures with the Grandeene."

Xxx

Roybea charged the Virsago firing the inner arm Gatling and the two breast Gatling's, as the Virsago launched into the air while firing its left claw beam cannon in return. The GX charged in from the opposite direction, forcing Shagia to turn and parry as it brought the large beam sword down against him.

Witz flew after the Ashtaron a short distance away, keeping it occupied as they exchanged shots.

Xxx

"Energy is at ninety three percent!" An engineer relayed as the massive power cables draped down from the underside of the Grandeene. "The modified trajectory is 0.125, safety lock off!"

"Are the coordinates correct?" Von asked.

"There's light from the accompanying mobile suits." An engineer noted.

Von nodded "Good, do it."

As he gave the order the Grandeene's long range photon torpedo launcher drew in particles from the atmosphere and charging them before releasing the bluish green ball of light, like a shell from a howitzer, trailing a greenish yellow light behind it as it arched over the horizon towards the battlefield.

Xxx

Tiffa gasped as she sensed the Grandeene firing, she closed her eyes.

Xxx

Jamil blinked as he heard it "It is dangerous… here. It's Tiffa!"

"High temperature object rapidly approaching!" Sala relayed from her post just as the massive ball of energy roared over the ridgeline. Jamil's eyes widened, he'd seen that kind of attack before.

Xxx

"WHAT THE…!?" Garrod gaped as he saw the massive shot looming towards them.

Shagia looked before he broke off from the GX, as both machines pulled back the shot flew between them and struck detonating in a tremendous explosion throwing the suits apart. "AHHH!" Garrod screamed as the GX crashed.

"Brother!" Olba caught the Virsago before it could fall out of the sky. "It's a photon particle torpedo."

Shagia glared "I knew it… we gave them Tiffa too quickly."

Another shot soared in and struck between the Daughtresses, Yzak, Kira and Wufei, knocking them all back as the photon particle torpedoes rained down around them.

"Long range bombardment!?" Wufei glared "What the hell kind of a shot is this?!"

The third shot struck near the Rocky-class to the port of the Astarte, the force of the explosion threw the massive 118 meter long ship sideways into the Astarte's port side.

Xxx

"Hurry, get the ship moving!" Rosa ordered "Staying here is too dangerous!" The Pyrenees-class ship charged forward avoiding the fourth shot which struck directly behind it, the ship lurching forward with the blast in the process.

Xxx

"What's happening?!" Witz asked as all of the suits were illuminated by the blasts as if it were mid day.

"Do they intend to make this entire area barren!?" Roybea gaped as more photon particle torpedoes flew in towards them.

"They do whatever they want." Witz replied as he glared, the two separated to avoid getting hit as a photon torpedo flew between them and detonated a short distance away.

Xxx

Garrod looked around "Shit, what the hell should I do?" Seeing suits and ships frantically avoiding the incoming blasts from the photon torpedoes.

Xxx

"Captain, three minutes till moonrise." Sala looked back at him from her station.

"I get it!" Toniya looked over "He can shoot the lab from here with the satellite cannon."

Shingo looked back from the helm "But if he does something like that, he'll end up killing Tiffa!"

Toniya looked at him "Well, what else can we do?" As she asked it a photon torpedo flew in and struck to their starboard side, the whole ship shook as it was forced away from the blast.

Jamil blinked "Combine our powers?"

Xxx

Tiffa stood alone in the lab's medical room silently with her eyes closed calmly as she reached out to Jamil.

Xxx

"I see…" Jamil blinked as he realized the plan she'd come up with "Understood!" He leapt out of his chair on the bridge and ran for the hangar.

"Captain!" Sala yelled after him as he left without giving any orders for them.

It didn't take long for him to reach the hangar, where he leapt onto a hover bike and fly out of the hangar towards the battle.

Xxx

"Shoot!" Von ordered "Keep shooting!" While the Grandeene kept lobbing photon particle torpedoes over the small rocky hills towards the Vultures.

Xxx

One of the photon particle torpedoes soared over the Tenzan-class just barely missing the bridge and detonated, knocking the massive ship sideways "Shit! If this keeps up…"

Xxx

Garrod blinked as he saw Jamil flying towards him on the hover bike before the blast that nearly hit the Tenzan threw him from it "Jamil!" He knelt down as Jamil tumbled to a stop near the GX, shielding him "What the hell are you doing!?" He yelled at him as he zoomed in with the cameras to make sure he was all right.

Jamil pushed himself up "I need your help, Garrod!"

He helped Jamil up to the cockpit with the hand of the suit as three more shots from the Grandeene soared over their heads, and then detonating around the Freeden.

"We're going to use the satellite cannon to shoot the lab from here with Tiffa's help." Jamil looked at him.

"We'll depend on Tiffa…" Garrod looked at him "…to aim the satellite cannon?"

"That's right." Jamil nodded.

"Can we really do that?" Garrod asked "Besides…"

"If we fail, Tiffa will die." Jamil looked at him. "But there's no other way." He looked at his hand, he wasn't even able to keep it still "To tell you the truth, I really want to pull the trigger myself. But as you can see, I can't stop my hand from shaking…" He looked at Garrod again "We'll guide you… you pull the trigger."

Garrod nodded "I understand. I'll believe in you." As the moon began to rise over the horizon he flipped the switch on the controller to activate the satellite cannon. The cannon rotated and flipped down over the right shoulder, and he took up a firing stance.

"Garrod what the hell are you doing!?" James appeared on the right monitor.

"We have a plan, we just need time!" Jamil looked at him.

"If it's stopping whatever's shooting us, we're on it!" Shinn's voice came over the frequency as the other suits began closing in to cover the GX.

"We'll stay fixed here until we shoot, because the target will move." Jamil spoke as he leaned on the back of the seat.

"Even if I die, I won't move." Garrod looked back at him. "By the way, where do I aim?"

"Wait." Jamil nodded as he placed his left hand on his head.

Xxx

"What's he doing!?" Witz watched as the GX just stood there with the satellite cannon deployed "Is he trying to be a target!?"

"Hey, are you going to shoot the lab from here?" Roybea asked.

"That's the plan!" Shiho replied to both of them as her dark blue Gunner ZAKU touched down. "Cover them till they shoot!"

Xxx

"There's another thirty seconds before the satellite cannon is ready!" Garrod announced to Jamil.

Jamil saw it while he looked through the monitor's targeting array as if his vision zoomed in on the lab and the large looming dark green mobile armor in front of the main building of the lab complex. "Modify the angle of the shot up by 2.3… Modify horizontally to the left…" He winced as some blood trickled out of his ear, nearly doubling over from the pain.

"Jamil!" Garrod looked at him knowing he'd said that using his powers would cause him pain.

"Don't worry about me!" Jamil grit his teeth and fought through the pain "Modify horizontally to the left by 4.15…"

Garrod made the adjustment, the barrel moved the small distance as he aimed where he was told. "The way is clear for the target laser." The laser circuit came down from the moon just over the horizon and connected with the reception point in the green lenses on the chest. Drawing in the energy from the laser circuit it began to glow.

The suit shuddered a little and Garrod looked "Ahh!" His eyes shot wide as he saw the Ashtaron and Virsago looming behind him.

"Don't move!" Jamil ordered.

Shagia glared as they both charged him "GX!"

"I'll kill you!" Olba yelled in turn.

The blue linear cannons shots came down from above as Heero's Aquila Custom opened up on the Virsago. "AHH!" Shagia yelled as his suit flew a little sideways before being hit in the back with two shots from the Airmaster.

"Brother!" Olba turned to look just before the Ashtaron was hit from an array of green beams from the Murasame Custom piloted by Kira, and shortly followed by a barrage of bullets from the Leopard. "AHH!"

"Hey, don't forget about us!" Roybea smiled as he bombarded the Ashtaron.

Witz transformed the Airmaster before touching down hard and skidding sideways to a halt while firing "Go away, you freaky Gundams!"

Shagia and Olba flew back and away as more of the suits closed in, realizing that the Daughtresses from the Alternative Company had been completely wiped out.

"Microwave… now!" Garrod watched as the primary energy wave from the laser circuit came. The suit's binders began to glow a brilliant whitish blue as the internal power storage charged to its maximum.

The other pilots turned and watched as Garrod pulled the trigger, and fired, the massive high energy beam was unleashed soaring through the small hills and turning anything that got in the way to ash.

Xxx

"Recharge complete. We'll start the attack again." The chief engineer announced as the Grandeene was prepared for its next assault.

Von smiled "After we kill them, all we need to do is understand the power of Newtypes…" He blinked before he saw a blinding light, turning to look he saw the massive beam roar in directly in line with the Grandeene "AHHHH!" He screamed before he along with the massive mobile armor were vaporized as the beam roared through the facility destroying any buildings in its path, before it struck the cliffs behind the Alternative Company's lab and melting a massive hole in the rock face. As the massive energy dispersed many of the buildings throughout the facility blew up, turning the entire lab complex into a roaring blaze.

Xxx

"What the hell are those things?" Sam blinked as he entered the hangar and saw Karels with various Haros docked in them working on the damaged Maganac Commander.

"Oh those… those are Karels, they're maintenance robots… they can repair most minor damage to any of the suits that doesn't need serious work… but the other parts…" Ian looked up grimacing at the damage to the suit.

"Hey, Ian the Aquila needs a look, it seems to be having problems with its plasma jet output on the right side in a dive…" Heero walked over.

"What kind of problem?" Ian looked at him.

"They're cutting out in any dive over forty five degrees…" Heero looked at him flatly.

"Great… the dust in the atmosphere is still throwing all of the machines' engines off kilter… it's probably because one of the intake filters is clogged…"

"Just treat it like we're in the desert again…" Heero shrugged.

"GN Drive equipped machines don't have that problem…" Ian grimaced as he looked at it.

Sam blinked "GN Drive?"

"It's a type of mobile suit engine… it's different from a nuclear fusion reactor…" Ian ran his hand through his hair "I'll explain it later, just give me a hand…"

Xxx

"You're awake Miss. Lee?" Dr. Telicyra Herfi looked at her.

"Yeah… what…" Amia shook her head "What happened, I was in my room then…"

"You passed out as a result of an incident a few days ago…" Telicyra looked at her "You should be fine, just take it easy for a day or two until you get your bearings again."

"What was that… that pain… the fear?" Amia asked absentmindedly.

"It's probably from the mobile suit pilots that were vaporized by that Gundam…" Dr. Herfi looked out of the small porthole towards the Freeden.

"A Gundam?" Amia asked.

"Yes… I don't know why, but I think we have a knack for finding them or it's the other way around and we just have the misfortune of them finding us…" Dr. Herfi smiled "Anyway, just get some rest, it's the middle of the night right now…"

Amia climbed out of the medical bed and looked around, and then she saw the others "Are they all…"

"They're all like yourself Miss. Lee, they all passed out as a result of the battle… with the exception to Majors Winner and Bloom over there… who had the misfortune of picking a fight with an enemy Gundam, while not in their own."

Xxx

Tiffa made her way out of the burning and utterly destroyed Alternative Company lab before hearing the sound of a mobile suit's vernier engines, she looked up just in time to see the GX touch down in front of her. The large full moon was looming behind it. Just like she'd seen it before, it reached out putting its hand on the ground before the suit knelt down and its cockpit opened. "TIFFA!" Garrod yelled as he leapt out, half running, half sliding down the arm "TIFFA!" He yelled as he slid across the hand prior to falling square on his butt right in front of her.

"Oww! Oww! Oww!" He yelped as he patted his lower back while jumping up and down, obviously having landed a little harder than he'd expected. He looked up at her and giggled lightly.

Tiffa smiled at him as he stood up "Come on, let's go back." Garrod smiled at her.

"Go back?" Tiffa asked.

Garrod smiled "We'll go back with Jamil, okay?" He asked.

Tiffa nodded and they looked up at the GX before they made their way up to the suit.

Xxxxxx

And that's another chapter! And the "Char's" yes there are two of them in this series, have emerged… and they're brothers.

Note it still only gets better from this point on… also next up we meet…

*BANG!*

"Guess I'm late to the party…" Ennil smiled as she kicked in the door. "You at the computer, put this away for me, eh?" she smiled as she threw a bag at Ald's head.

WHAT THE HELL!? Who just saunters in here and throw's crap at… ok… *Gulp*

"That's what I thought…" Ennil smiled as ald looked at her down either side of her handgun.

You can put the gun away you know…

"But where's the fun in it if there isn't a little danger… hmm?" Ennil smiled at him. "Why don't you go park my mobile suit while you're at it…"

Ald just smiled and nodded as he scrambled from the room.

Dearka blinked as he looked over "Crazy and hot… not bad… OWWW!" he looked at Miriallia.

"Put some clothes on you… you…" Miriallia glared at Ennil who was nearly popping out of the dark blue leather top laced up barely covering herself and matching near skin tight leather pants she was wearing.

"I'm not complaining…" Duo shrugged from his seat before being rapped on the head hard by Naina.

"Boys can be such… pigs…" Naina glared at him.

"Hey… you don't see me running over there and feeling her up or anything…" Duo looked at her "Besides I kinda like that thing you do with… OWWWWW!" he yelped as Naina threw the remote control for the television directly between his legs.

"You girls need to learn to relax a bit…" Ennil looked over at them as she sat down in Ald's chair taking a little care to give the boys in the room a good look down her top.

"I'll be right back…" Lockon made his way out of the room stifling a nosebleed.

"Likewise…" Dearka chimed in as they all scrambled to avoid the things being thrown at them from the girls.

"Well then readers… I'll see you next time… bye…" Ennil smiled as she gave the screen a wink before leveling her handgun at the monitor and firing.