"Morning Mr. Gundam pilot sir!"
"Hm."
"Morning Mr. Gundam pilot!"
"Hm."
"Morning Mr. Gundam man!"
"Hm."
"MORNING MR. GUNDAM PILOT!"
"Ugh..."
Heero was still his usual stiff self to the crew of the Nirvana as he passed them casually in the hallway. He was making his daily trip to the hangar to run checks on Zero, and to fix anything that needed repairs. He still didn't socialize with the crew, and he liked it better that way. Most of the crew respected his decision, but not all...
"Come on! Let's go have some breakfast! You're always checking your big old robot day to night, so do something different for a change!" Dita whined, running to his front, "Pleeeaaaase! Let's do something fun for once!"
"No." Heero said sternly, "Go find Hibiki."
"But he's hiding from me!" Dita pouted, "I've been looking for him everywhere!"
"I can understand why he's hiding..." Heero sighed, rubbing his head, "Dita. I have work to do. Go bother someone else."
"But there is never someone else!" Dita exclaimed, her eyes sad and filled with honesty, "Nobody wants to do anything with me...they all think I'm just...I'm just a waste of space..." Dita began to tear up and wipe her watery eyes, "I know...I'm...I'm just worthless but..." Heero sighed and scratched his head, before turning towards her and placing his hand on her head.
"Don't worry about it." Heero said, "You aren't worthless at all. Prove that you are worth being a part of the crew of this ship. And do not let them dissuade you. Nobody really thinks you're pathetic Dita." The red haired girl looked up at him with shimmering blue eyes.
"Including...Mr. Alien?" She whispered.
"Yes." Heero said, "Now go. Show them that you are just as valuable as them. Maybe even more." With a sudden flash of hope and determination in her eyes, Dita blasted down the hallway, faster then Heero could even react.
"Thank you Mr. Gundam Pilot!" She yelled, "I'll prove that I'm not useless at all!" Heero made the most incredible little smile and turned back around towards the hangar.
"Wow. You're really something. That girl is a sort of problem to deal with sometimes, but she has a great heart." Meia smiled, emerging from the door at his side.
"I only did what needed to be done. I didn't want to be delayed from my work." Heero stated, "Now, if you'll excuse me."
"Heh, you're funny." Meia laughed, "You have a good heart too, Gundam Pilot. Make sure to use it more often." She walked off, leaving Heero alone in the bright hallway.
You have a good heart too, Gundam Pilot. Make sure to use it more often.
"Just like Relena..." Heero breathed. Suddenly, all his want of heading to the hangar disappeared like magic, and he decided to wander around in the halls.
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"Hey...May I ask you something?..." Bart asked Magno as he entered the doors leading into the bridge.
"Hm? Oh sure. What do you need?" The captain asked, spinning around in her chair towards the helmsman.
"How come that Gundam Pilot gets such a nice room, and the rest of us men get the prison?" He grumbled, "I barely find that fair!"
"It's because he's not a Taraak like yourself..." Magno answered, "He's a male, but that doesn't make him one of you, so he's easier to trust. And plus he's a Gundam Pilot and saved all our asses many times already."
"I have saved you guys as well! So have Hibiki and Duero!" Bart complained, "It's still hardly fair!"
"It still not just that, Bart. It's the trust we have. Give us some more time. Maybe we'll give you extra tissues for crying about it." The women on the bridge chuckled as the man muttered to himself angrily as he walked out the door.
"Do you really still not trust the men?" Buzam asked, approaching Magno's side, "They have proved themselves so much already. It would seem fair enough to give them better hospitality..."
"The only one who complains about it is Bart." Magno yawned, "The other men haven't talked to me about it at all. I'm guessing he's probably just spoiled. I actually think that Hibiki likes it in there. Farther away from Dita." Magno laughed.
"True." Buzam snickered, "So I noticed that the Gundam Pilot wasn't making his usual rounds to the hangar today. He's usually glued to that Gundam, but I saw him walking the opposite direction this morning. I wonder what's happened..."
"Maybe he realized something." Magno said, "Or...He needs information about something. He's a confusing guy, that Pilot. But it would be best to keep an eye on him. It's not that I don't trust him...It's that I don't know what situation might arise that he could be involved in."
"Good thinking." Buzam nodded, "I already have a bad feeling..."
"Really?" Magno grinned, "I have a good feeling..."
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"Hey Hibiki." Duero waved over to the shorter male, "What are you doing...hiding behind my desk?" Hibiki slowly rose up and peered around, his eyes scanning the room for a "hostile."
"She...She's not here?..." Hibiki blinked, "She's...she's not coming after me?..."
"Erm...Don't think so..." Duero coughed, "I think you're safe..." Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, stretching his arms, "Man! I was afraid she was going to check in here!"
"Hiding from Dita?" Duero asked, inspecting a clipboard, "You should really try to be more like a friend to her."
"What do you know? She's crazy!" Hibiki shivered, "She drags me everywhere to do pointless things! I can't take it sometimes!" Duero laughed lightly before heading over to his desk.
"You know..." Duero said, sitting down on his chair, "I made sure to study the anatomy of the woman body...and aside from a few organs and body shape, we are not that much different from women."
"You're point?" Hibiki asked, plopping down on a medical bed.
"My point is, Hibiki, that if we are all human, then that means that their feelings and emotions are just like hours. It wouldn't be a bad idea if we all tried to try to build relationships with them. Who knows, we might actually enjoy it."
"You're crazy too!" Hibiki twitched, "Am I the only guy on this ship who is normal?"
"Pretty sure you're far from it..." Bart laughed, entering the office, "You're the one who's always saying things that you can never back up, shorty."
"Hey!" Hibiki growled, "You take that back!"
"I'm not trying to start a fight!" Bart stated, raising up his hands, "I'm just here to talk to you guys."
"About?" Duero asked, going through his desk.
"About retaking this ship for Taraak!" Bart grinned. Hibiki gaped at him, and Duero just did a slight glance.
"Impossible." Duero bluntly stated.
"Not gonna work." Hibiki coughed.
"Oh come on! Think!" Bart said, tapping his head with his finger, "With that Gundam Pilot, we could completely take the ship over! What do you say? We could reclaim this ship for the men!"
"Out of the question." Duero sighed, "There are too many of them. Besides, the women aren't trying to kill us. They're our comrades, and have helped us as much as we've helped them."
"Yeah." Hibiki nodded, "Women are pretty capable fighters. I hate to admit it, but I respect them."
"You guys are lame!" Bart sighed, sitting down on the other bed, "Oh well...Looks like we stay here till they either kill us or set us free..."
"Yep..." Duero nodded, picking up his clipboard again, "Well, I'm off converse with the ship's engineer. You two have fun." The doctor waved lightly and walked out of the room.
"Hey..." Hibiki whispered, "...Know any good hiding places?" Bart rolled his eyes and thumbed at Duero's desk, which Hibiki quietly began to occupy once again.
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Barnette seethed, panted, and grunted as she threw her sparring partner over her shoulder and straight into the matted floor, hearing a satisfied thump and the release of air from their lungs. She had been in the large combat room for about three hours, and had gone onto a routine to release her anger and frustrations.
"Wow, girl..." Jura blinked, clapping her hands, "That makes the twelfth one...You're on a roll!" Barnette helped her partner up and they shook hands before her partner turned to leave the room.
"I'm just...pissed off..." Barnette growled, doing some stretches for her legs. She was wearing her typical workout outfit, with spandex shorts and a white tank top.
"You're all sweaty and smelly, hon..." Jura said, wrinkling her nose, "You need a break..."
"Not till I clear my thoughts..." Barnette replied, "Anyone else want to have a go?" There were about ten more people who had been watching Barnette, and they all waved it off in fear and nervousness.
"Ah...is it because of the Gundam Pilot?" Jura smirked, making Barnette flush in red.
"Y...Yes...He's just a stupid man that is pissing me off beyond belief..." Barnette gritted her teeth, "No one? No one wants a challenge?"
"I'll take it."
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Gascogne had just awaked from her beautiful and wonderful slumber whens he noticed a large line of the crew disappearing into the combat room. She was just about to drop in and check on how things were doing in the Registry, but she decided that she was overly curious and wanted to see what was up.
"What's going on?" She asked, walking into the combat room.
"It's Barnette...!" One of the crew exclaimed, "And...the Gundam Pilot!"
"What?" Gascogne stammered, peering over the crowd to see a circle of people surrounding the two people. She could definitely see that the Gundam Pilot was the newest target of Barnette's frustrations.
Heero himself had been wandering around the halls of the Nirvana. He hadn't really done that much exploring, and wanted to know how to Navigate the large ship effectively. He then found himself inside the combat room, not knowing that there was something like a gym on the ship. There were weights in the corners, but the entire floor was a giant mat for sparring. He didn't know why he accepted the challenge, but he knew that he didn't want his fighting skills to get rusty.
"Finally..." Barnette grinned, "I can take you head on. I hope you know that I don't trust you one bit still, and that I give you a face full of bruises."
"I don't know why you are so angry." Heero replied.
"You...You slapped me!" Barnette screeched, "And humiliated me!"
"You were only humiliating yourself." Heero stated, "You needed to calm down."
"Shut up..." Barnette growled, "Don't...tell me what to do..." Heero met her glare with his blank face, and he shook his head.
"Words won't work now." He grabbed his shirt and tossed it off, making the women around him gasp, including Barnette, whose face flushed. His body was lightly scarred, but he had heavy muscle tone, and it became somewhat of a distraction to Barnette.
"What are...you doing?" Barnette blinked, hiding her eyes, "It's...it's indecent!"
"I don't want any unnecessary grapples. And you brought me that shirt yourself. It has no need to be torn." Barnette gritted her teeth and glared back at him once again.
"You bastard...You're...just a no good MAN!" She screamed, rushing towards Heero at a top speed.
"Oh shit..." Jura winced, "Barnette's pissed...at this rate, no one can stop-
SLAP!
Everyone gasped once again as Heero's hand made contact with Barnette's face. Her moment and shock sent her stumbling into the ground, and she quickly recovered and stood back up once again.
"What...What did you just do..." Barnette seethed, her eyes showing killing intent.
"Simple. I slapped you."
"You little shit!" Barnette yelled again, running back at him. She began throwing a flurry of blows, with lightening fast punches and flashing kicks, but she only managed to hit nothing but air. Her anger grew, and her stance and attacks grew slopping as she aimed and missed Heero's body.
"He...He's not even fighting back..." Gascogne whistled, "Well...I guess he doesn't need to."
Barnette began to grow tired, her breathes coming in pants and sweating coming down in rivers. Heero then jumped back, staring at a exhausted Barnette.
"Why...you..." She coughed, "Get..back...here..." Heero watched her silently, then quietly walked up to her as tried to assume a fighting stance.
"No point." Heero sighed, "You're just brash and reckless. You are, at this moment, pathetic and weak. There is no reason why I should try to fight you. Call me when you have a calmer mind that isn't clouded with thoughts of hate and anger. Maybe then you'll come out with the least amount of pain." Heero turned around and picked up his shirt and slipped it on as he began to head out towards the doors, the crowd separating to create a path for him.
"You...COME BACK!" Barnette screamed, "I'M NOT DONE YET!" She charged at Heero with her arm raised above her head, yelling out obscene things. Gascogne yelled and tried to reach her, but it was too late. Barnette was already closing in on the Gundam Pilot. Her fist then slid through the air, aiming for the back of his head.
But it only hit air.
"I told you..." Heero whispered into her ear, "Call me...when you have a calmer mind." He wrapped his arm around her waist, lifted her up into the air, and threw her straight down onto the matted floor, watching the air shoot from her lungs as her back came into contact with the ground.
"I'm done here." Heero sighed, "She'll be fine." And without another word, he walked out the doorway and into the hallway.
"Geez..." Gascogne sighed, "That...was a clean hit..." She looked down upon the gasping form of Barnette, whose eyes were watering from the confrontation.
"Barnette." Gascogne sighed, kneeling down, "Let's get you back to your room. You have a lot of thinking to do."
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"Hey Meia. What do you think of the Gundam Pilot?"
"Huh?" Meia stammered, blinking at the question, "Um...he's a great fighter and a valuable asset for the Nirvana!"
"I see...Is that it?"
"Yes! I'm sure of it!" Meia winced. She didn't like the interview with Paiway at all.
"Okay then! I'll see you around!" The young girl grinned as she jotted down something on a small notepad she had before skipping down to go find Dita. Meia sighed lightly, rubbing the back of her head in thought.
"What do I think of him?..." Meia began to think, looking out a large window overlooking the stars.
"Think of who?" Heero asked, coming up to her side. She managed to hold back a shriek and jumped back a little, blinking in surprise and shock.
"Oh uh...well...one of the men! You know, not doing his job properly and everything..." She laughed nervously.
"I see." Heero said, looking at the window to the stars. Meia watched him for a bit, and then followed his eyes with her own. The ship was blasting through space, and the stars always seemed to never move, yet each new day they were different. She was surprised that they hadn't run into any of them yet.
"I don't think I'll ever get tired of the sight of them." Meia smiled thinking aloud while glancing nervously at Heero, who remained as blank as always.
"For most of my life I've seen them." Heero said, "And for the rest of my life they will be there. They are the only things that haven't changed for me." Meia frowned sadly, remembering that Heero was frozen for who knows how long...
"You..." Meia began, "You never told me the story of...the once innocent you killed...I just thought...you wanted to get it out of your chest..." Heero made no reaction to this, and remained silent for a few seconds.
"I had a mission to destroy an enemy base. I had met a little girl with a puppy the day before...She didn't mean any harm and seemed to enjoy life. When I destroyed the base...something accidently happened and I destroyed the public housing building right next to it." Meia watched him sadly, biting her lip.
"All the was left...was the puppy." Heero finished, pulling his gaze from the stars as he began to walk past her down the hallway.
"So...it was never on purpose..." Meia muttered, watching him walk away, "That man...lived a terrible life..."
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Buzam looked strangely at Dita, blinking a little strangely while sitting down on the bench in the gardens. Dita's eyes were blazing with stubbornness, and Buzam knew that anything she said against what Dita wanted wouldn't turn out so well...
"So...let me get this straight..." Buzam coughed, "You...want to learn how to help repair Dreads, Vanguards, machinery all around in the Nirvana, damage to the electronics in the Nirvana, our weaponry, and you want to learn how to use the operating system on the bridge, how the engines on the ship work, and you want to learn about first aid so you can help be a nurse?..."
Dita nodded.
"And...you want to do this all at once...?"
Dita nodded.
"Um...okay..."
"So...what do I do?..."
"Er...Go speak to Parfait and Duero...I'm sure they can help set- Dita charged out of the gardens before she could even finish the sentence.
"What...is going on with her?..."
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"Captain!" Ship operator Belvidere cried out, "Something has picked up on the radar!"
"Hmm?" The Captain turned towards the blonde woman, "What do you mean? What is it?"
"Well..." Amarone, the other operator replied as she scratched her head, "It appears...to be an.. asteroid?"
"Right in our path?..." Magno pondered, "Bring it up on screen." The object blurred into a large image before the crew on the bridge.
"It's huge..." Buzam blinked, emerging into the room, "You...think it's an ambush?"
"Don't know." Magno sighed, "But we better be cautious out here. Call up that Bart guy and get our forces ready. Also, send in some scouts and see if that Gundam Pilot would like to make himself useful again."
"Aye, Captain." Buzam nodded, then scurried over to a communications device."
"I have a very bad feeling about this..." Magno twitched, "It's giving me shivers..."
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"So...they sent us out here to investigate an asteroid?..."
"It could be dangerous..."
"Like what? Is it actually a giant rock creature? Waiting to snatch us away with its tentacles?"
"Perhaps."
"Tch...You're no fun sometimes..."
"And you're annoying all the time."
"Hey...watch it!" The Gundam Pilot and the Vanguard Pilot bickered as they flew towards the strange asteroid, with Hibiki's Vanguard struggling to stay alongside Wing Zero.
"Hey...You should slow down!"
"No need. You just need to speed up."
"Grrr...I swear..."
"Cut the chatter, Hibiki. The asteroid is coming up in range quickly. Be ready for anything. And that goes for you too, Gundam Pilot."
"Roger that." Heero nodded before clicking a few buttons to blast off towards the large, foreign object.
"Zero, I need you to run a scan of that asteroid." Heero ordered, punching in a few keys inside the cockpit, "In the meantime, Hibiki, I need you to fly around it. Try to find anything strange."
"...Whatever.." Hibiki sighed as he did as he was told. Even he didn't want to stand up against of the Gundam Pilot's orders. Hibiki's Vanguard darted around the floating rock like a fly, with Magno viewing everything that he was back on the Nirvana.
"Nothings out of the ordinary here..." Hibiki shrugged, his Vanguard approaching the large target, "It seems like just a normal large rock." His Vanguard touched the surface of the asteroid with its hand, "You got anything, Mr. Gundam Pilot?"
"Strange readings." Heero replied, seeing different scans of the asteroid, "Fly back, Hibiki. I'm going to destroy it." Hibiki blinked and rolled his eyes, "Aren't you being a little bit too cautious? Even if it is an enemy, we could totally take it down!"
"Wait..." Heero squinted, looking at the images once again, "Something isn't..." Suddenly, Heero's voice became stern and seriously, shocking both his comrade and the crew on the bridge of the Nirvana, "Hibiki. Get out of there. NOW."
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"Captain! The Vanguard unit has taken critical damage!" Belvidere cried out, punching in keys at her station like crazy, "Hibiki's pulse has increased dramatically!"
"What?"
"Hibiki has been inflicted with serious wounds!" Amarone yelled, "He's lost consciousness! All signs of brain activity have decreased!"
"What's going on? There was just a big flash of light...and now this?" Buzam panicked, rushing over to the captain's side, "How's the Gundam Pilot?"
"No injuries or damaged sustained to the Gundam..." Belvidere replied loudly, "He's retreating back right now with the Vanguard...and the asteroid is nowhere to be found!"
"Shit..." Magno bit her lip, "Have all the forces be ready for combat. Make sure the dreads are armed and ready to fly out. Send out a red warning light." Buzam nodded and ran to complete her orders, her heart filled with worry and fear.
"Captain, transmission from the Gundam Pilot!" Belvidere chirped.
"Put him on!" Magno exclaimed. The transmission of face of Heero appeared on the big screen, his eyes filled with the burning desire of action and anger.
"What happened out there?" Magno asked, slamming her hands down onto the console in front of her, "Where is Hibiki?"
"I've got him." Heero replied, "The asteroid was indeed a trap. It was a large mine that was detonated from a different location. I'm sure the enemies will be attacking soon."
"Captain! Multiple hostiles have appeared on the radar!" The ship suddenly jerked, with the pained yells of Bart being heard from below.
"Damage to the rear of the Nirvana!"
"Send in the dreads!" Magno screeched, "Gundam Pilot, bring in Hibiki and head back out there! Bart, avoid them as best you can!"
"Working on it!" He winced.
"Captain." Heero said, "This fight isn't going to be easy. Turn up the shields and leave everything to our forces."
"Already done that." Magno nodded, "Send in Hibiki. He'll get help." Heero nodded, and his transmission disappeared.
Things weren't looking good.
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Heero began to dodge the incoming fire of the enemy fleet while keeping a close grip on the Vanguard that he held in his arms. Standard enemy mechs had charged in, and it seemed like half of the force was targeting him. As his boosters increased, a large formation of them had appeared in front of and charged, guns blazing.
"Hm." Heero grunted, his weapons opening up on the shoulders of Zero. They wouldn't destroy many enemies, but they were all he could use at the moment. The bullets blazed through, pierces and penetrated the armor of the formation in front of him, sending some of the mechs into an explosions and scattering the others as he entered the range of the Nirvana. Ally dreads shot over and under him in perfect formation, their weapons firing rapidly in expert precision.
"We got this, Gundam Pilot!" Meia yelled, "Get Hibiki back into the ship!" Heero nodded as the insane firefight began around him, lasers and bullets firing around him, with some grazing the armor of his Gundam. As the hangar opened to the ship, Heero had no choice but to toss in Hibiki as a mech unit smashed into him, crashing him into the side of the ship as the shields sparked around them.
"Pathetic." Heero grunted, Zero's hand grabbing the mech's head and destroying it with it's grip and sending it into an explosion. When it cleared, he witness three more of the enemy charging at him holding bladed weapons. Zero then boosted away, leading them away from the ship.
"Captain. How's the fight holding up? It seems that I've got half of them on me." Heero twitched as he noticed five more enemies appear onto his radar to show that he was locked onto.
"Crazy. They seem to be coming at us from all directions." Magno stated, "And their formations are following you." Heero split his buster beam rifle into two different weapons and spun around, the beams charging.
"Something's off." Heero replied as his weapon fired, sending two outrageously powerful beams into the mass amount of enemies, completely obliterating the force that had been following him as the beams just barely missed the Nirvana, "I can't use my buster rifle on the enemy while the dreads are off fighting. But chances are, that if we withdraw the dreads, the enemy will just follow." Heero accelerated his Gundam into the fray around the Nirvana, his shoulder guns blasting wildly as put away his buster rifle and sprung his beam saber.
"Shit!" Meia grunted as her dread was hit directly by an enemy laser, "They're throwing our formations off! What's going on?" Heero shot through the battle his saber slicing through the mechs as they basically threw themselves at him, his Gundam slashing threw them as though they were silk.
"These guys are just cannon fodder." Heero replied, spinning his Gundam around to smack his shield into an approaching mech, "They're probably being controlled by an outside force." His jabbed his saber into it's just and tossed it away into another oncoming enemy as it exploded, "We have to pinpoint their locations."
"This would be easier with Hibiki..." Magno winced, "Belvidere! Amarone! Pinpoint any outside enemy! We must get rid of them!"
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"Incoming wounded!" Paiway screeched down the hallway, "Duero, they're just flooding in!"
"I know." Duero nodded, "Put them all into the medical bay. Put the more serious ones in here with Hibiki." Paiway bit her lip as her eyes came across the bloody, torn up form of the young boy on the bed. He had heavy bandages wrapped around his head, and he was still knocked out cold.
"How...how is he?..." Paiway asked, "He...doesn't look so good..."
"It's because he isn't. He needs constant attention." Duero said, approaching Hibiki and sliding a needle into his arm, "He's in bad shape. He's lucky that the Gundam Pilot managed to pull him away in time, although I wish it had been earlier."
"Mr. Alien!" Dita shrieked as she sprinted into the room, "Oh no oh no oh no..."
"Dita, why aren't you out fighting?" Duero asked, "You don't look injured." Dita walked over and stared down at Hibiki's sad body, tears welling up lightly in her eyes. Duero watched her for a few moments, then sighed and stood up, "I don't know how that battle is going out there, but we're doing what we can to survive it. That Gundam Pilot..he's probably working hard. So it means that we can't slack off either. Paiway, I'm going to take care of the other patients. Look after Hibiki with Dita." He then charged out from the room, his lab coat dotted with bits of blood.
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"Meia!" Gascogne cried out, "You're almost out of ammo there! Retreat back here!" The Registry ship slowly drifted a good ways from the battle, making sure to stay safe.
"Can't!" Meia yelled out, "It's too hot out here! I can't risk you getting attacked!" Her dread pierced through the empty void around her as the enemy mechs followed and attacked unrelentingly. A powerful beam suddenly fired out and annihilated the mechs behind her in a series of explosions.
"Go." Heero said, "I've got you covered. Most of the dreads have already retreated because of injury, and you are what gives them hope." His Gundam fired off back into the heat of battle, fighting desperately to defend the Nirvana and it's crew.
"Jura!" Barnette called out, "Behind you!" The red Dread began a series of barrel rolls and sudden dives in an attempt to shake the mechs behind her to no avail, and was only rained on by their firepower.
"Damnit!" Jura winced as she was rocked around in her ship, "Barnette, how are you holding up?"
"Bad! AAH!" She screamed as a laser pierced into her booster, smacking her around in her cockpit, "Shit...I'm...hit..." She panted, blood trickling lightly down her temple, "This...isn't..." Suddenly, the Gundam dove up in front of her, his beam rifle charging up.
"Dodge." He said sternly. Barnette gasped and quickly took a dive below the Gundam. Heero didn't hesitate and fired off his weapon, the powerful beam piercing through all the mechs that had been chasing after Barnette. He then charged over to Jura, who had about a dozen following her. Heero used his boosters and maneuvered himself just right so that Jura would be flying past him. When she did, his shoulders weapons open fired as he charged at the enemies with his beam sabers, the cannons in his head also firing off rapidly. When he made contact, he bashed into them with with his shield in a powerful collision, and began to slash through them with his beam saber in his other hand. They had stopped chasing Jura, and instead bashed into Zero, slashing and beating him with their metallic swords and with their own metal bodies.
"Tch..." Heero winced, before hitting them away with his shield. Before they could move in again, he opened fire upon them with his shoulder cannons, his bullets ripping through their steel bodies and sending them up in more explosions.
"Hey Gundam Pilot!" Buzam called, "The enemy seems to be retreating for now..." Heero glanced up at the screen of his cockpit and watched the red dots on his radar speed away from himself and the Nirvana.
"Something is definitely wrong here." Heero winced, "They were rapidly taking down our forces...if they kept attacking, they might have been able to take us down."
"I agree."Magno nodded, "They are probably planning another assault soon...they are probably just regrouping for the time being. But what was that about?...I have never seen so many attack us just like that..."
"We have our reasons." A voice spoke out, being heard by both Heero and the bridge of the Nirvana.
"What?" Magno blinked, "Who is this?"
"It's good to see you're okay...Heero." Heero listened to the voice carefully, knowing it. He knew who it belonged to...and he finally figured it out.
"So...you're alive too..." Heero spoke, his fingers tightening around his controls, "Friend.."
