Chapter 8

Jupiter falls

The weeks went by in the same manner for a while, us worrying if we would live or die each day, defending Jupiter 6, there was talk about moving to Jupiter 12 as the number of refugees was getting uncomfortable in such a small colony. The day of the "swap" as it was being called, Was February 14th.-Derek Lueck 40AML

As the last ship left the dock, there were only 4 people left on the colony, Brian, Chandra, Derek and Artimis. Brian had apologized all week for not being able to do anything for Chandra for their anniversary. But they strolled down the empty streets like it wasn't odd or strange to think that all the refugees had been moved from one place to another because their planet was unsafe to return to. An eerie quiet loomed over everything, the sound of the air conditioning units that littered the sky of the small cylindrical city

"there is only one last operation we have left, and it's a last resort…..all our efforts have been to lessen their forces, but now, now we can only have but one last strike left up our theoretical sleeves.

"Which is" Chandra said quizzically

"we would have to drop Luninastan…the first and largest colony to orbit the moon………………on to the lunagrad." Artimis said with fear in his voice

"you cant fucking be serious" Brian yelled

A second of silence was fallowed by a loud and eruptions roar from above, they threw their heads to the clouds to see through the 3meter thick glass to see 5 USLA birds.

The air rapidly depressurized, and yet again like liquid they flew to the sealed off section which housed their Gundams. Upon entering that section the flew quickly into their lockers, put on their jumpers and ran to their respective Gundams. All releasing at about the same speed, like floating bubbles they flew out of the pier. And onto the roof of the colony where they didn't just see 5 birds, but much closer to 50.

"shit" Derek said with a sigh

He flew into battle clutching his mace and slamming it into any suit in his way. Brian and Chandra fallowed close behind and threw themselves at the battle like it was there purpose for life, like it was one of the thoughts the two lovers had shared the night before. The three linked so perfectly it was stronger then family…..or even stronger then formation, they were a new breed of human….so close that they were three super soldiers, one strong friendship, one super human.

Brian flew straight into a large mass of the red suits throwing the Gundams hand behind the Gundams head and grabbed one of the two beam sabers that rested onto of its booster pack, and with the other hand pulled the buster cannon out of his shield. With a few quick movements he was now in the mass of red armor fighting for his life. Chandra quickly fired a barrage of missiles from the shoulder pods of the reeve as Derek and Brian trudged it out in the midst of the red army. The shots from Chandra's missile fire threw half the suits away from the two melee warriors and quickly divided who was fighting who.

Brian kept his left arm close as he parried and prodded with the saber, hundreds of them were torn apart from the bright green light of the blade.

Derek could be heard laughing as he threw the large mass of his club out at the suits around him, fighting like some medieval gladiator, not some well trained pilot of a prototype war weapon.

Hours passed as they fought the onslaught of red armor. Almost all of their equipment had been spent… Brian clutched the remaining beam saber in one hand, its power only at 50% remaining. His buster had been placed back in his shield when it ran dry. Derek had broken the handle to the war club and now held his emergency melee weapon, one beam saber. His shield had torn in half and he still clutched it like it could still save him. Chandra had exhausted all her long range weapons and now relied on either reeves fists or the dwindling light of the beam scythe in her right hand.

"damn it, what do we do now…" they heard Derek say over the intercom as another swarm of birds flew into view.