Darkness was all that Lockon could see as he drifted farther into space. He was too tired to think and his body was numb from shock and injuries. He remembered the last conversation he had with his comrades but that was the extent of what was on his mind.

-Was it enough? I hope their okay.

This was all he could think about as he closed his eyes, giving into the urge to sleep. Though, through his closed eyes he could see a faint red glow, and the familiar feeling of a mobile suit's hand closing on him only lulled him to sleep even more. A peaceful endless dreamless sleep.

Tieria woke up with a jolt. He always hated that dream. The dream of the past, of when Lockon died haunted him.

-I should have protected him, like he protected all of us.

He got up and went to the mess hall, which was empty due to the lack of people on board. One year had passed since the last battle. All that was left of their crew was Feldt, Ian, the unexpected survivor Lasse, and Tieria. There was no clue as to the whereabouts of Setsuna and Allelujah. Not to mention they have their gundams. Ian had been working on creating updated versions of the old ones. He had already made the gundam Seravee and it counter part Seraphim for Tieria. The Ptolemaios 2 had just finished construction.

"How are we going to find Setsuna and Allelujah", asked Lasse. This was some thing that Tieria wasn't sure about himself.

-Are they even alive? What if they enemy captured them?

If this question had popped into Tieria's head a few months ago, he would have said it was a major foul up on their part and they weren't fit to be gundam meisters. However, now that the situation has developed he realized it was a miracle they were even alive. All they could do was wait for the other two to show themselves and prepare for an attack or resuming interventions. This didn't sit well with Tieria, much how he didn't like that they couldn't find lockon's body.

-What would you do Lockon? If only you were alive.

Meanwhile:

Pain filled Lockon's body and he realized he wasn't dead. He was in a medical room attached to almost every machine imaginable.

-Whats going on here? What are all these machines?

Since there was nothing to do he tried to get up, only to find that his legs were gone and so was his left arm. Just then, a familiar face appeared beside him. It was Christina Sierra. Her expression filled with relief that he was conscious. Lockon couldn't hear her when she called for another person to come in the room. Two people entered the room, one was Lichty, another was someone he had never met.

His hearing must have switched back on because when she spoke, he could hear her clearly. "My name is Rachel and I'm the only medical personnel on this ship, so you'll be seeing me a lot. Your lucky that little Al found you. Glad for it too, you've been my greatest challenge." Lockon wasn't sure what to say or if he could even speak, but he gave it a shot. "Where am I", he asked. Christina was the one who answered, "we're in celestial beings Jupiter base." Her voice was as cheery as ever. " Did you know that Tieria was born here".

-Tieria was born at celestial beings Jupiter base? No wonder he doesn't like the surface. He was born and raised in space.

"Listen," Lichty began. "Your body is riddled with cell disruption so the regeneration treatment won't work. There is a way to reverse the effects of the cell disruption and continue with treatment but to do that... well..." It seemed that Lichty was having a hard time explaining what ever it was that he was talking about, so Christina jumped in. "A change is required, one that might mess with your head a little bit. Rachel said she wanted your permission to continue. It doesn't hurt or anything. Lichty and I went through the same process months ago and so far I don't notice anything too different about us. Well, except..."

Lichty and Christina looked down and blushed. ".. the convenient ability to read someone's mind," Lichty said trying to keep face.

-Why are they blushing?

"Don't ask," Christina said, indicating that she could read his mind as well. "We will give you some time to think it over", Lichty said as he and Christina left the room. Lockon honestly didn't care about reading minds, but he wanted his limbs back. He needed to be out there with the other gundam meisters. That was when he realized that most of the machines he was connected to had turned off since he had woken up. Not that it really mattered to him. It had just perked his interest since they were still hooked to him. His attention went from the machines to his missing limbs.

-If only I had them. I should be out there helping the others.

"I'll do it," he said to himself. "Alright then," said Rachel, scaring the injured meister. He didn't realize she was still there. "All you need to do is take this pill once a day for the next month. After that, you should be able to continue with regeneration treatment."

With this, he took the pill and fell back asleep, feeling relieved that he would be back with his comrades soon.