Little Setsu-chan
Neeeeehhhhh! Weekend baby! Weekend baby! Weekend baby! BANZAI! Oh jeebers, I'm making myself sound as hyper as hell. But I guess I am considering all the story work I have managed to write at the moment! Even with all the classwork that I have to put up with, I still find my way here! And with summer almost here, I can be able to do this almost regularly. Look forward to it! I would very much like to thank all those who have read and reviewed these past few days. (Gathers bouquets of flowers and begins to throw them towards the readers.) And for all those who had questions in their reviews, (you, Saffa-chan) they shall be answered now! So…. To the disclaimer! Away! (Flies away on giant pencil, leaving bishie sparkles behind)
Disclaimer: I, Taiyo-chan, do not own the anime series Gundam00. (Starts to grow big anime eyes and cat ears start to droop) However, I am entitled to write as much as I want about them and to describe them in which way I want, no matter how OOC they appear as…won't do that by the way. But not being able to own it….. (Runs away crying anime tears) Waaaaahhhhh! Ne-ee-ee-eh!
-Do you feel like a man when you push her around? Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?-
Chapter 4: What do we do now?
Setsuna clung tightly onto Lockon's back as the rescue group made their way out of the building. He silently looked around himself as he observed the interior of the building. It was so different from the ones back in Krugis. The ones back home were mostly made out of granite or some other type of metal. They didn't have as many lights but owned just enough. But here, everything looked as if it was scrubbed daily. All shiny and there were dozens of lights installed in the ceiling, making the hallway they were running through very bright. He was taken out of his internal musings when he heard shouting behind him. Setsuna looked behind him and found that the guards had caught up to them. He pulled on Lockon's hair to get his attention.
"Oi, Green-eyes. We have a situation." He said
"Itai! Setsuna that hurt! And my name is Lockon, not Green-eyes!" he shouted, annoyed that the kid did that to him.
"Forget about that and look behind you." Setsuna deadpanned at the Irish man. Lockon turned around and promptly cursed under his breath. He increased his speed and caught up to Tieria and Allelujah, who were in front of him. "Guys, we have a little situation behind us!" Lockon yelled as he motioned behind himself. "Allelujah, you take on Setsuna. Tieria, you're with me." He ordered to his teammates. The two of them nodded as Setsuna was transferred onto Allelujah's back and he headed onwards. However, before he can get very far, even more officers appeared in front of him, blocking his path. Allelujah started to ponder an escape plan, until Hallelujah decided to make his presence known.
Oi! Allelujah let me take over for a while!
No, Hallelujah! You're just going to beat them to pulps and not actually run away!
Do you have any other sort of plan going around?
Well, no….
Then let me do something about this!
….Fine! But if you hurt the others or leave them, it's on you!
Yeah,yeah. I'll make sure the other two keep up and the brat doesn't get hurt.
Hn.
Allelujah's head slumped down slightly, his bangs shadowing his eye. Setsuna looked at him curiously. 'What's the matter with him?' he thought as he continued to stare at the man. Setsuna was soon surprised as his head rose up quickly, his single eye glowing fiercely. The man then started to laugh like a madman.
"Man, it's been a while since I've been let the hell out!" Hallelujah shouted, grinning manically. "And I am going to make sure to have some freakin fun with you peons!" With that, Hallelujah charged at the guards. One tried to defend himself by raising his gun, but was soon punched into unconsciousness. Number two and three raised their guns and shot at him, but Hallelujah stunningly dodged all of the bullets and appeared in front of them. Hallelujah kneed #2 in the stomach, turned around, and punched #3 near his temple, rendering him out cold. Two more tried to sneak up on him from behind, but Hallelujah grabbed both of the guards head from behind and smashed them together. A crunch sound echoed as Hallelujah dropped them to the floor. He grinned and started laughing again.
"Is that all you guys have in ya? I was expecting a little bit more then that!"
And through all of this action, Setsuna managed to keep a tight hold on Hallelujah's back, even with his over-sized flight suit. Surprisingly, he remained uninjured, even through the bullet shower. Now, he was openly staring at Hallelujah as if he were some kind of alien life form. Hallelujah noticed the stare and looked back at him. His single golden eye glared back at Setsuna's own brown ones. "What the hell are you looking at, brat?" he snarled at the child. Before he could go on any further, Hallelujah grabbed his head with one hand. He glared at thin air as he growled in annoyance. "Alright, alright! I get it! Stop with your complaining! I'm going back inside to take a nap anyways." Hallelujah's head slumped down again, and rose up to show a silver eye glancing around confused. Allelujah then looked back to Setsuna with a concerned expression.
"Setsuna are you okay? Nothing bad happened to you right?" Allelujah asked as he examined the boy. Setsuna just blankly stared at Allelujah as a single question rang in his head.
Is he bipolar or something? He didn't get to say his thought aloud as the two heard a yell behind them. Lockon and Tieria were currently running in their direction, with Tieria behind, shooting his gun at the remaining soldiers following. It was their cue to keep on running. Once the Meisters reached the hanger area of the base, they ran through the entrance. Once everyone made it, Tieria shot at the control panel for the door and it slid shut. The guards struggled as they tried to open the door, but to no avail.
"That should give us sufficient time to escape." He stated as he walked down the platform towards the Gundams. Setsuna stared at the great mechas in awe.
"What are those?" he asked in a faint voice. Lockon looked back at him (Setsuna somehow ended up again on his back as they were running) and grinned.
"That, my little friend, is a Gundam" he answered cheerfully.
"Gundam….." Setsuna repeated wistfully. Lockon sighed.
'Great. He's turning into a Gundam nut as we speak.' He then shrugged. Oh well, Setsuna is going to become a Gundam nut sooner or later. Might as well get it done and over with while he's young.
"By the way, your pretty calm about all this. How old are you anyways?"
"…I'm about nine years old."
"Really, nine? Your so small I would have thought you were seven, maybe six-Itai! Itai! Okay, stop pulling my hair! That really hurts!"
-Linebreak! Linebreak!-
Setsuna looked on in amazement as he stared at the ocean view. He was situated, along with Lockon and Haro, in the cockpit of the Dynames. The Kyrios and Virtue were flying soundly right behind him, with the Exia floating alongside Virtue. After the four Meisters got to the hangar area, Tieria had walked over to the Exia and hacked its system. He used his Veda connections to get into Exia's mainframe system and program it onto autopilot. When that was done, the three capable pilots quickly boarded their own Gundams and blasted out of the base before any more flagships were sent. And now here they are, flying across the Pacific Ocean on their way to their island base. But there was still one little problem needed to be taken care of…..
"Hey, you guys." Lockon called out through the intercom system. He received replies in the form of 'Yes, Lockon?' and 'What is it, Lockon Stratos?'.
"Who do you guys think should explain to Ms. Sumeragi about what happened to Setsuna?" he asked as he glanced at the boy who was still looking out the window.
"…"
"…"
"Guys? Are you listening to me? Who's gonna….Oh. Oh no." Lockon shook his head as if the others could see him. There was no way in hell he was doing that!
" Well Lockon. You are kind of the leader of this operation. So that would make it your job to….." Allelujah let the sentence hang in the air.
"Are you crazy? She's going to go ballistic on us when she finds out! And do you know who's going to be the main one she'll rant to!"
"Lockon Stratos. It is your duty as the commander to report to Ms. Sumeragi Lee Noriega of what we have found."
"Why don't you do it then?"
"Not my problem."
"You guys-"
"You-!"
The three-sided argument was cut off when the communication system started to ring. They simultaneously looked down and paled a bit when they saw who was calling.
Ms. Sumeragi.
"…."
"…"
"…"
"Fine! I'll do it!"
Twin sighs of relief(one of them was barely audible) could be heard over the connection. Lockon glared, grumbling as he pressed the video feed. Those two were going to pay for this later on. But for know, he has to deal with a bigger problem. He gulped a bit before he was introduced to the frantic face of Ms. Sumeragi on the other side of the screen.
"Lockon!" she shouted as relief washed over her, glad to see that they were alright.
"Hey there, Ms. Sumeragi! What brings you to calling on us?" Lockon greeted cheerfully, a smile on his face. Sumeragi instantly noticed that the smile looked a little strained. She narrowed her eyes at him. He - no – all of them were hiding something. She could tell. How, you may ask? None of your business.
"Lockon, what happened? Did something go wrong? Were you guys able to find Setsuna?" she pestered as unwanted thoughts came unbidden in her mind. Meanwhile, Setsuna looked up when he heard his name mentioned. He noticed that Lockon was talking to some lady on a screen in front of him. He blinked a few times as he wondered as to how the lady knew him. He decided to investigate the matter himself as he slowly stood up, being mindful of his clothing. Setsuna trudged over to Lockon's seat and watched a little bit as the lady yelled at him and Lockon waved his arms in a calming gesture.
'Is she their boss?' he thought as he asked himself how that was possible. Back in his homeland, the girls their did not get many leadership positions and the few who did had to go through numerous hardships to earn their respect. This lady must have done a lot of work to be able to lead these three guys. From what he has observed, the three pilots were strong in their own right so she must be stronger. Setsuna made the decision of asking her himself.
"Miss. Are you this guy's boss? And the rest of them too?" Setsuna questioned as his face came close to the screen. Sumeragi reeled back in shock as the big brown eyes stared at her in curiosity. What in the-
"Setsuna!" Lockon shouted as he grabbed the miniature Meister around the waist and pulled him away. "Don't do that!" he ordered as he set the child on his right side. Setsuna just glared at him and crossed his arms, but it only made him look like he was pouting again. Lockon would have loved to let him know how cute he was looking if it was not for the voice he heard next.
"Lockon." stated as she stared at him with a blank look on her face. But Lockon knew better then to trust that look. Look underneath it and you could see a storm brewing inside her eyes.
"Could you please get Allelujah and Tieria on the line too?" she requested this with a sickeningly sweet smile on her face.
"Y-Yes Mamm." Lockon stuttered as he hurriedly set up the connection. Soon enough, the faces of Tieria and Allelujah appeared on the screen. Allelujah's face looked a bit frightened while Tieria kept his stoic face, though you could see a little twitch near his eye.
"Could you guys please explain to me what in the world happened to Setsuna?" Sumeragi asked as she looked over to the little boy seated near Lockon.
"Ahahaha. You see, that's a really funny story. What happened was-"
"Save it. I honestly don't wish to think about it right now. But you three willbe explaining to me what happened when you come back. And I except a very good explanation. Sumeragi, out." Sumeragi left the video feed, leaving three stunned Meisters, an active robot, and a very curious child.
"What just happened?" Setsuna asked.
"What happened! What happened!" Haro repeated excitedly.
They never got their answer.
-Linebreak! Linebreak!-
Lee Noriega was not a woman that is easily baffled. She made sure of that the moment she was recruited into Celestial Being. It was a known fact that missions didn't always go well and she had to keep a straight face and clear mind to keep the crew working efficiently and solve the problem. However, she just may have to rethink that rule as Sumeragi stared at the sight before her. The three Gundam pilots were staring ahead at her while a young version of Setsuna hid himself behind Lockon's legs.
"So let me get this straight?" she began as she paced around the meeting room. "Setsuna was taken away by the Union forces and was sent to a small island base across the Pacific. There, he was held captive and nearly tormented by one of the men there, Dr. Dokuma. You guys managed to find Setsuna by tracking him down through the chip in his suit." She received nods in return. "However, once you found Setsuna, you found him" she gestured to Setsuna "like this. You confronted and he stated that he used an experimental drug on Setsuna and you guys couldn't find the antidote, only finding his research." Sumeragi stopped her pacing around and stared right in their eyes. "So basically, you have absolutely no clue as to how to get him back to normal." She concluded this by crossing her arms across her chest.
"Actually…" everyone in the room turned to Tieria who hasn't spoken in a while. The bespectacled Meister pushed up his glasses as he continued. "It is very much given that the cure needed for Setsuna F. Seiei is located within the documents that I confiscated from Dr. Kenshi Dokuma. The most possible course of action is to reverse engineer the data within the disks. By doing that, you may be able to create a cross product of the drug that will neutralize it's effects. Sumeragi nodded her head in his direction. "Sounds like a plan to me. We'll get straight to it! But first….." Sumeragi walked over to Setsuna and knelt down to his height. Setsuna just hid himself further behind Lockon's leg and kept a wary eye on her.
Sumeragi smiled warmly at him. "Hello Setsuna. I bet you're wondering how you ended up with us?" Setsuna eyed her but nodded his head slightly. "Well you see, it's very complicated. Something very dangerous has taken place back at your home and we were given the task of watching over you until things have settled down. I would very much appreciate it if you can cooperate with us until we can get you home. Can you do that for me?" She said all of this in a very soft voice as not to startle the child. Setsuna stared at her with an unreadable emotion in his eyes.
"Okay Mamm." He muttered in an almost shy tone.
"Call me Ms. Sumeragi."
"Okay… Ms. Sumeragi."
Sumeragi clapped her hands in delight and stood up off the floor. "Well then, now with that gone, how would you like a tour of the place?" she asked him.
"Um, ? Who's going to be watching over him in the meantime?" Allelujah questioned her nervously, for he had a foreboding sense of who it was gonna be. Sumeragi looked over at them and grinned at them before replying "Why, you three of course."
"Nani!" Lockon and Allelujah shouted at the same time. Tieria glared at her intensely , waiting for an answer.
Sumeragi nodded, the grin never leaving her face. In fact, it only grew bigger. "That's right! Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism, Tieria Erde. As of this moment, you guys have been assigned the mission of looking after and taking care of Setsuna F. Seiei until we find that cure!"
-Well I'll tell you my friend!. One day, this world's going to end. As you lies crumble down, a new life she has found.-
Neeeeehhhhh! Oh yeah! Cliffy again! This is the start of the main plot now. I can just imagine all the mischief Setsu-chan will get himself into! And I bet you guys are anticipating how the crew will get along with the news. You'll figure it all out in the next chapter! And also, MAKE SURE YA'LL REVIEW! Do you hear me? I need them to feed my imagination box! And you guys don't want an empty imagination box, do you? {Kitty Eyes no Jutsu} Pwease read and review this story! I'm counting on you all. Sayonara! Neeeeehhhhh!
