Chapter 2

It was nightfall by the time Captain and Shute had reached the bridge of the Blanc Base II. Though Shute was a little concerned about getting home (since it was past his curfew), he was even more concerned about who Zapper Zaku and the Zako soldiers were working for. Captain mentioned them, but not by name. He wondered what it was that Captain was hiding. It wasn't like him to keep secrets from his friends. He used to be like that when Shute and him first met, but since then, he had become more open towards his fellow comrades. When they arrived on the bridge, Chief Haro was standing there, talking to his co-worker, Juli (most likely about the situation that occurred earlier that day.). When he noticed the two come in, he and Juli looked to them.

"It's good you have come." said Chief Haro in his usual, levelheaded tone of voice.

"Chief, what's going on?" demanded Shute "Just what is it that you guys aren't telling me? Spill it!"

There was a long pause. Chief Haro sighed.

"I had wanted to tell you…" he said "But we weren't sure if this was some sort of hoax or not. So I didn't want you to get riled up about it. But now we know for sure it isn't."

"What is?" asked Shute.

"Last week, we received a transmission from an unknown group that called themselves the Ragnarok Federation," explained Chief Haro "We don't know what their intentions are as of yet, but they said that if we didn't surrender Blanc Base II to them within two weeks, a disaster beyond our imaginations would occur. Again, we didn't know if this was a hoax or not, but in case of an emergency, we had decided to give Captain new training methods, should the worst happen… But they didn't follow their deadline as promised."

"I see. So that's why you didn't tell me, Captain."

"Right." said Captain.

"So, Chief," said Shute "What do we do about Zapper Zaku and the Zako soldiers?"

"Find them, of course," replied Chief Haro in a calm manner "I have already sent out scouts to find and capture them."

"And the cannon?" asked Captain.

"We've discovered from the data we've collected that the cannon is called a 'Pulse Destroyer'. It has enough power to destroy a third of a city. We may have to dismantle it for safety reasons. But for now, we'll keep researching it and see if we can't put it to our advantage."

Chief Haro then took a look at his watch.

"Hmm… Shute, shouldn't you be getting home? It's late. I'm sure your parents are worried about you."

"That's right, Shute," added Captain "You have a curfew now, don't you?"

"Oh man! That's right!" exclaimed Shute "Awwww! My mom's going to totally kill me!"

"I'm sure if you told her the truth that she would understand." responded Captain.

"But Captain! You know my mom! If I'm out later than ten at night, she ends up getting surly!"

"That is true."

"And besides! Well, I don't mean to sound conceited, but what if you need me to activate your Soul Drive, Captain?"

"Don't worry about it, Shute. I'll be fine. You go home and get some rest."

Shute sighed.

"Alright." he said, sounding defeated.

Three days later…

"Maxi! Wake up! We're almost there!" said Mrs. Davis.

Maxi groaned. She didn't want to look. Number one, she was tired from traveling. Number two, she had no desire to look upon her new town. She had just moved away from her best friends on the other side of the country. For what reason should she love this new town, she wondered bitterly. From what she heard, it was a peaceful paradise. How boring! She already missed the thrills and excitement of when she and her friends would go out to the outskirts of the city and ride their ATVs in prohibited areas. And now, due to the high security of this city she couldn't even do that anymore. Her mischievous lifestyle was at an end. Though Maxi didn't want to, she opened her eyes anyway to look upon her bright, sunny, new hometown of Neotopia.

"You'll love it. I'm sure." said Mrs. Davis.

"Pfft. Yeah, right." mumbled Maxi.

"Now, now, don't be like that. Think of this as a brand new experience; a fresh new start."

A long silence between them occurred. Maxi stared up at the sky as if wishing; longing for something to happen. She didn't want to move. She wanted to go back home and spend time with her friends. She noticed the car was getting stuffy, so she rolled down the window and let her neck length black hair fly in the breeze. By the time the car had pulled up into the new drive way, there was Maxi's father helping the mover robots unpack. When the car stopped, she got out of the car (along with her mom) and looked into the horizon.

"A fresh new start… huh?" she muttered to herself and then scoffed "Nothin' fresh about it, if you ask me."

"Is he gonna be okay, zako?"

"Of course! It's Lord Zapper Zaku! He'll be fine, zako."

He heard voices. They sounded a lot like his Zako soliders. Zapper Zaku opened his one eye slowly only to see his soldiers hovering awfully close to him. He growled in irritation. He stood up, pulled out his sub-machine guns and proceeded to fire them at his comrades, as he usually did when he was displeased.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, idiots?! I thought we had this talk on PERSONAL SPACE!!"

That of course, scared the Zako soldiers, who ran about trying to avoid getting hit by the bullets. After a few minutes of running around screaming in terror, Zapper Zaku ceased fire. He wanted to know what had been happening since he was unconscious. He knew his new superiors would not be pleased. But if he was going to report, he needed to tell them what happened.

"How long have we been here? How long was I unconscious?" he asked.

"About three days, zako." answered a Zako soldier.

"Three days?! How could one of that Captain Gundam's famous punches knock me out for three days?!" demanded an enraged Zapper Zaku.

"Well," spoke another Zako soldier "You did fly through a few things, zako."

"Like what?!" asked Zapper Zaku.

"A few trees…" said one Zako soldier.

"A boulder…" said another.

"You fell off a cliff too, zako." commented a third.

"Oh! And you hit Charlie." added a fourth who then sighed "Poor Charlie…"

"But putting that aside," added the third "If it weren't for our Zako medics, you would have been a goner for sure!"

"So you mean to tell me-" started Zapper Zaku "Wait, who the hell is Charlie?"

"That would be Charlie, sir, zako." replied the second Zako soldier who pointed to two Zako medics carrying a badly injured Zako soldier that was groaning in pain.

"Where was he when the battle began?" asked Zapper Zaku.

"He went off to make sure that no one would interrupt with the plan, zako." said the first Zako soldier.

"Oh sure! He did a great job with that!" muttered Zapper Zaku sarcastically, then turning to the rest of his Zako soldiers "Alright! Let's proceed with plan B! The superiors are waiting for results!!"

"But sir," spoke a fifth Zako soldier "We don't even have a ship, zako!"

"WHAT?!" roared Zapper Zaku "Why didn't you go get it?!"

"The SDG already arrived, zako. We were scared."

Zapper Zaku sighed, slapping his own forehead.

"Idiots…" he growled "Alright, let's call the superiors and ask for supplies."

"Zako!!" cheered all of the Zako soldiers.

Author's Notes: This is all I can think of for right now... Hope you enjoyed it!