The 00 flew out of the launch tunnel into the air of the battle and immediately landed in the snow of the mountain. In the control area Graeme looked on, surveying the area for a sign of their opponent.
"He should have made a move by now" Graeme muttered.
"What you thinking, Blitz for the mirage colloid?" Serena spoke back as she appeared on a com link from the section she was in that had all the data of the suit and the arena.
"Possibly, stealth attack us, other thought I have is something that can do underground or go really high up" He replied, while getting the 00's binders to move back behind the suit, while aiming ahead of it with one of the GN sword III's in gun mode.
A few more moments of silence came before suddenly a quick flash in the sky appeared ahead and upwards from them. "Incoming!" Serena called out, while Graeme reacted by having the GN Verniers activate lifting the suit up and moving it backwards quickly as from where the flash came from a large green energy beam show down hitting the ground where they had been, throwing snow up.
"Nice try, but I know where you are" Graeme replied as the guns on the binders moved round, keeping the GN drive parts as far back as possible so the guns were over the shoulders, aiming where the shot came from and then starting firing a green energy pulse every second from one of them in an alternating pattern while keeping the suit moving around. "Can you see what we are dealing with?" He asked.
"Standby" She replied as she looked on the image before her re-winding the recording to when the shot occurred and zooming in at the origin. "Got it, a Perfect Strike...in orange, awful colours for it." She informed him a little put-off because of the colours.
"Well they are keeping far back and I can't hit them" Graeme moaned as the hip cannons raised from being tucked down to aim upwards and then the barrels opened up as then they joined in the firing sequence, these firing every couple of seconds in alternating firing from each.
Then another large shot came in from the Strike, Graeme reacting to doge, however it was aimed just off where the 00 had been, and struck a rock formation, throwing rocks all over the area and ripping the ground up, the force of the attack threw the 00 onto a rock pile, landing on its back.
"Lucky shot" Graeme was a little frustrated as he moved the head of the suit, getting his position.
"Forcing us to the ground using terrain, he has improved" Serena was also a little frustrated. She was checking the area and then called across "Above!"
Graeme looked up a bit more at her call, seeing that the Strike was rapidly coming down at them, the energy cannon retracted and holding its anti-ship sword above it. Spotting that he was unable to get the suit to move out of the way, he brought both armed before the suit and deployed the blades of the GN swords, crossing them to serve as a guard.
The Strike landed over the suit with the anti-ship sword slamming into the GN swords, sparks flying at the point they connected, and the energy on the blade of the Strike's sword starting to cut into the 00's swords.
"Just hand it over now" Gary's voice spoke across to Graeme and Serena over the communication channel. "Save causing too much damage for your attempt to enter next year."
Serena muted the channel from him as she spoke to her brother. "Any idea's then?"
"Maybe, but not guaranteed that it will work" He replied.
Serena sighed as she thought for a moment. "Do it, but only when I say" She instructed to which Graeme nodded. She then de-muted the channel to Gary before speaking to him. "Yea...I think you would have to destroy it to get the pass from us." She spoke in a very teasing voice.
"If you want to play it that way" Gary snarled back. "Then be ready.." He then started to say before Serena closed the channel.
"Be ready to be trashed" She mutters in a teasing squeaky voice, before taking normally. "Give me a break with that rubbish, do it now!" she then instructed Graeme.
"Got it" He replied as the Strike started to push harder with its sword, now nearly a third of the way through the GN swords. He then took a breath to calm himself, then made the move.
One of the binders on the 00 reacted, swinging around and slamming the sword blaster into the Strike, knocking it off balance allowing one of the GN swords to separate from the anti-ship sword and then deliver a hard strike with the blade to the Strike, sending it stumbling backwards, releasing grip of the sword, while the GN sword used to attack the Strike snapped in the blow. After stumbling some distance the Strike fell down onto it's back, struggling to move due to the design of the back. Meanwhile Graeme had the remaining GN sword retract as the anti-shop sword fell to the ground next to it.
"Now rise...GUNDAM!" He called as then the legs of the 00 reached over the side of the rocks the suit was lying on, pressing the feet onto the snow-covered ground below. Then the suit sat up before standing up, a burst of GN particles fired out of the vents on the chest once the suit was fully standing.
"Nice, now let's show them what we can do" Serena giggled happily.
"I will, cos this is ending" Graeme replied as the Strike got back up while he had the 00 release the damaged GN swords and tossed them aside, leaving the hands free.
"I won't lose to you pip-squeaks!" Gary yelled as the Strike drew out its energy cannon and started to charge.
"Not a chance!" Graeme called back as the Strike fired.
The 00's drives fired up fully as the Verniers threw the suit upwards as it jumped over the beam. Then it grabbed the right side beam sabre with the right arm in a backhand grip from the rear armour skirt and as the blade turned on he got the suit to throw it at the Strike, landing the blow right on the cannon, just blow the left shoulder joint, cutting along the gun as the handle and blade of the thrown weapon spun around, and finally anchored itself in the shoulder joint of the strike, before the cannon exploded along where it had been cut, blowing the now damaged shoulder off the Strike, taking the arm with it, while the cannon at the tip of the barrel drop to the ground while only the back part of it that also wasn't damaged fell to the ground, only leaving the remained of its supporting arm from the back attached on that side.
"You are not getting me!" Gary yelled as the gatling gun on the right shoulder spun up and started to fire at the 00 along with the vulcan's in the head, which moved around in mid-air to avoid the shots as the guns on the binders and the hip cannons moved out to take aim before they fired.
Immediately the Strike ceased firing as the engines on its backpack fired up while it started to turn, only for it to come too late as the shots from the 00 struck though the head, the gun on the shoulder and the backpack, causing each to explode, leaving a badly damaged shoulder pad with a missing head and a backpack that was mostly now dead weight.
"This is over!" Graeme yelled as the 00's gun packed down and the suit shot towards the badly damaged strike, drawing the other beam sabre in the left hand in a normal grip, raising it above its head. The strike reacted by going to draw one of its beam sabre's only for the 00 to reach it before it was able to move very far with the drawn sabre, as the 00 struck downwards as it slammed into the ground.
Everything was still for a moment, with the Strike standing upright, holding a beam sabre directly upwards and the 00 kneeling down just before it, the beam blade of its beam sabre between the Strikes legs. Then the Strike's left side slid downwards a little, the suit having been sliced right down the middle off. The 00's beam sabre turned off as the suit stood up and turned around while the 2 half's of the strike fell in opposite directions before exploding.
"Battle Ended" The computer spoke as the banner appeared with 'Winner: 00 Striker' displayed as the arena then shut down leaving the remains of the Strike lying on the table and the 00 standing there while it's discarded weapons lay to one side, with the damage they sustained. Serena and Ralph both reached in and collected their suits while Graeme and Gary disconnected their GP bases.
"You cheated, using a modified suit" Gary angrily had a go at the pair.
"Seriously, you trying to play that card on us?" Graeme seemed almost annoyed at the call being used. "For starters, most of the players that got to the finals last year were using modified suits to some degree, either by new parts to just improving something you can't see inside the suit or weapon."
"And having heavy modifications lets you do more" Serena added. "Plus you never said we were not allowed to use such a suit." She then teased at the end.
Suddenly both their opponents charged at them and pinned them both back against the wall.
"You really think the pair of you losers can win?" Gary snarled at Graeme as he pinned him back.
"I spent ages re-painting that Strike, I am not taking it being trashed by the like of a suit a girl made" Ralph spat into Serena's face as he pinned her back.
"Give over your pass now" Gary threatened. "Or your little suit will become nothing but bits for the rubbish pile."
Suddenly there was a can that hit Gary in the side of the head. He looked up, seeing some of the people who had been watching were throwing bits at him and Ralph. "We deserve entry more than these pests" he yelled up at them.
"They beat you fair" One of the watchers replied.
"They are the better fighters" Another yelled, followed by more calls at the pair.
"Seems you will get entry this time, but still" Gary spoke before giving Graeme a punch where he had hit him earlier in the day. Graeme fell to the floor holding the spot that was hit while Ralph tossed Serena against the battle table before the pair stormed out of the room. Overhead the viewers looked for a moment as Serena got up fully and went over to her brother before they left.
"You going to be good?" She asked as she pulled him up.
"Yea, should be fine in a few days" He replied in some pain.
"Well, I think the suit just needs a little adjustments on the joints, but apart from that, get the repairs done and we are in business for the opening next week" She smiled as they started to head off.
"Watch out world, we are coming" Graeme cheerfully said through the pain.
Back in the chamber there was someone who had been watching from the shadows of the room in the viewing area. He brushed some of his blond head out of his face as he spoke to himself. "They seem like they will be fun, looks like coming down to London early was worth it." He then pulled out a red F91. "If we get to fight them, it will be a good fight."