Chapter 4

Mitsuru's and Futoshi's team defeated the remaining klaxosaurs in the area, killing the last one with a gun to the face by Futoshi. They were covered in blue klaxosaur blood- convoy untouched and normal. After the kill, Futoshi and Mitsuru's mechs fell to the ground, running out of fuel. Together, they all became nothing but metal. The convoy was unable to move- mechs in the way, and unable to back up with Tug-cars. The fields were barren, no water, food, or sign of life existed. Six miles away, yet they were trapped in their mechs unable to see. Captain johnson who operated the tug-cars calls Plantation 13 for help. There was no answer. Static filled the radio. Mitsuru and Futoshi were also in the dark just like Goro and Zorome and the others.

"Kokono. Are you there?" Futoshi asked in the darkness as he sat in his chair. He reached for his pocket and took out a lighter. He sparked it and created a small fire as light.

"Yes. I'm here." Kokono said, getting up from her pistil seat. "The transmissions and controls are fried." Kokono tried to get up, but when she did a piece of metal was sticking out of her leg. The piece of metal, the length of a rod and width of a small pole, stuck out. Blood filled the pistil seat.

"Kokono…" Futoshi looked at the wound and placed his hands around the wound. "Don't move okay till i tell you okay. Your body is going through the pain."

"I don't feel anything."

"You'll feel it soon enough! Just don't move yet!"

"I'm starting to feel it! Oh my god!" Kokono spazzed out and shifted the injury even more, making a loud cracking noise. "Fuck!"

"I said don't move! On the count of three, i want you to lift your leg with me with all your might. Three...Two….One!" Futoshi and Kokono both lifted the leg quickly from the broken pole. Blood leaked out of her leg. "Ok Ok! Hold that! Uh." Futoshi rips his suit and puts it over her leg tying it. Kokono screamed in agony as the cloth wrapped around. "Ok good. The cloth is set, just put pressure on it."

"I can't! I really can't!"

"Kokono-"

"It hurts!" She cried.

"I'm sorry." Futoshi presses her leg where the injury was. Kokono's pain was so much to bear, that she couldn't even scream. Her head tilted back and no voice came out. "I'm sorry, just bear with me. We can get through this!"

"Ohhh it hurtsss"

"I know i know! Just calm down. Breathe with me." Futoshi and Kokono inhaled and exhaled until they were perfectly in sync. Kokono calmed. "Here have another piece of my suit that you can bite on." Futoshi ripped another piece from his chest and put it in her mouth. "It's going to be okay." In Mitsuru's mech, They both were knocked out from the impact of falling. All of the squad was down and the convoy was left deserted. Captain Johnson calls Plantation 13.

"Hello?! We have an emergency! All of the squad has fallen! We request immediate backup!" he yelled.

At the head facility, the heart of all the plantations,all of the six priests sat around the table before them discussing problems of the them and the economically falling income of fuel and taxes.

"..What do you expect us to do? This is not democracy if the people can't choose what's right for our government, if there is even one to mention."

"We are falling and we are taking the people with us!"

"Agreed."

"I've already commissioned Code: 062. The squad will be killed immediately and we will find new heros to help us. Zero Two, that front-line girl has grown too fond of them." priest 13 said.

"So you think we could find better substitutes for them?!" He demanded. "How would he people perceive this? What case can we falsify if they become suspicious of us?!" priest 4 said

"Enough with the questions, more with the answers. Think." Said priest two.

"The answer is simple. If some of them survive Code 062 then we'll take them in and say they were heros after a gruesome battle. We have to kill the weak who are not fit for our country." Priest 13 continued. "Court dismiss."

I walked into the emergency room. Many men were in their respective beds, still resting from the battle with the Gutenberg-class Klaxosaur. I immediately start to search for Zero Two. I run towards the back scowering left to right to spot her. There were multiple curtains. I hit the last row of them and Zero is on the right corner with a head bandage on. I notice something odd. She was being restrained by handcuffs on her wrists and ankles.

"Hey darling." She said in a mellow tone.

"Are you okay!?"

"Yes i'm fine." I walk towards her. "No! Get away from me. The klaxosaur inside me will attack you." Zero Two's horns start to grow and her eyes redden. She started to spazz, shaking the bed in anger.

"Zero…" I could only stare. Her face was filled with the desire to kill. I see it. After awhile she tires out and her body returns to normal.

"My white adapter doesn't fit for my horns anymore." She said with a heavy breath. "It's broken. My horn. My horn shifted in my fractured skull. I won't be piloting for awhile, so i want you to take a break."

"A break? You were able to pilot Strelezia without your adapter. If you go out of control, i can just calm you!"

"Not as simple."

"But it worked."

"Darling...how loyal." She gives a cute smile that makes me blush. "I would give you a

hug, but i don't know when my anger comes from. I go out of control at random times now. I would advise that i don't pilot."

"My friends are in danger. They were sent to a death mission in no man's land and I want to help them."

"If you can handle my anger that is. I could hurt you, you know."

"I don't care. I'll be there for you no matter what. You are my partner!" i said slamming my fist to my chest.

"You've got yourself a deal...partner!" She smiled.