Distracted Chapter 9
Authors Note: So I realize that it's been a while but I will try to update sooner so if you just stick with me I have a lot of ideas for this story. Enjoy!
The time has finally come. The ALAW'S satellite weapon was within reach. It was time to strike. To rid the world of this terrible weapon.
Setsuna's POV
The crew of the Ptolemy had gathered in the bridge for a very last minute briefing.
"Currently Catharon are engaged with the ALAWS fleet." Ms. Sumeragi began, "They plenty of mobile suits but they don't stand a chance in their old mobile suits."
"We have to help them!" Mileina exclaimed.
"Yes we do, in any way possible."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Lasse asked. "Let's just launch all Gundams and beat down the ALAWS."
"We can't do that Lasse. Our primary objective is the orbital weapon." Ms. Sumeragi replied.
"Are we going to send anyone?"
"Of course we are. Setsuna will go."
"And who else?" Feldt asked.
"No one. Setsuna will launch alone to deal with the enemy mobile suits."
"What?"
"Look Feldt I don't like it either but we need the other 3 Gundams for the main attack on the orbital weapon."
That shut her up. No matter what, she had to listen to Ms. Sumeragi.
"Alright then." Sumeragi continued, "All of you get to your Gundams. As usual the battle plan will be sent to you once you're in the cockpit.
"Alright," Lockon said. "Let's destroy that damned weapon."
Setsuna launched and instantly saw that he would have his hands full. He would have to save Catharon from being massacred and cover the Ptolemy at the same time.
Not that it should be a problem any way
But that sense of confidence strangely disappeared. He somehow just knew that there would be something or someone that would prove to be a problem.
He scanned the battlefield.
Nothing out of the ordinary I'm probably just being paranoid
But after cutting down 6 more GN-X's an enormous beam sliced through 2 Catharon cruisers.
Setsuna didn't even need to look to know who it was. He narrowed his eyes and charged forward.
Innovators
The Innovator seemed to notice Setsuna too and in less than a second a beam shot through space.
Dozens of particle beams were exchanged before Ms. Sumeragi's voice broke through the intercom.
"Allelujah!"
"Roger that." Allelujah said. "Trans-Am!"
Setsuna turned his Gundam to see the Ptolemy glowing bright red from Allelujah's Trans Am flying at top speed along the orbital ring.
Feldt's POV
Everyone in the bridge had their eyes glued to the monitor nervously. The plan was just so bold and risky, in fact a little too risky. All the timing had to be precise, from the moment Allelujah starts his Trans-Am to Lockon taking the shot. And when everything had to be so exact, too many things could go wrong.
If we come out of Trans Am too soon, we would lose speed and get shot down. If we come out too late we could either hit the weapon or Tieria won't be able to create an opening for Lockon.
A warning flashed on her screen and Feldt relayed the message to the others.
"We are coming out of Trans Am in 5 seconds." She said.
"Alright," Ms. Sumeragi replied. "Tieria, Lockon, your turn. Mileina open front hatch."
"Hatch open."
On command the forward hatch opened to reveal Seravee and Cherudim with all the bits deployed. Both Gundams were in Trans Am and prepared to fire.
Tieria's voice came on over the intercom. "GN Bazooka Hyper Burst mode."
With that, a massive particle burst flew forward and tore a hole in the side of the weapon.
Alright, moment of truth.
There was a flash from Lockon's rifle and everyone stopped what they were doing. Time slowed down drastically as everyone watched the beam.
Lockon's shooting was dead on. The weapon exploded and Feldt fell back into her seat and breathed a sigh of relief.
It's gone . We've rid the world of such a horrible weapon.
"Alright it's time to leave. Tell Setsuna to meet us at this point."
Setsuna's POV
The battle was over. It ended with Setsuna slicing an arm off the Innovator's mobile suit.
Just something to remember me by He thought with a grin. Now the rendezvous point should be coming up soon.
He looked at the scopes and instead of seeing the Ptolemy waiting for him, it was a massive field of debris.
Wow must have been some battle He thought while surveying the battlefield. Must have been Catharon right?
But as he continued to look around he recognized the colors on the shards of metal.
"Did they get ambushed?" Setsuna thought aloud.
His mind instantly thought of one person
Feldt
The more he searched the battlefield the more he realized how much damage the Ptolemy had taken.
If anything happened to her there will be hell to pay.
The further he went into the debris field, the more worried he became.
"Come on where is she…"
Setsuna stopped himself.
Shouldn't I be concerned about the others too?
He cast the thoughts away. Finding them was more important.
He checked the scanners. They were going nuts but still nothing.
Setsuna was becoming rather frantic in the search. He was checking every screen monitoring the entire debris field.
Those ALAWS bastards are going to burn for this.
He checked the scopes again.
Left side nothing, right side, nothing, forward and back empty, top down empty,
Is there really no trace of them at all?
Just has he thought that, the thermal sensor picked up something.
An image appeared on the screen.
A ship? With…red GN particles… IT'S THE ALAWS!
Setsuna spun the 00 toward it and pointed his blasters at it.
Then, a voice came through the intercom.
"Hi! It's been a while, Setsuna." With that, an image came up showing a woman in a purple and white flight suit with bright red hair.
He recognized her instantly
"Nena Trinity!"
What the hell is she doing here?
"Wow you've become quite a handsome man haven't you?"
He didn't know how to respond to that.
"Nena's so excited!"
Did she attack the Ptolemy?
Concern for his friends on top of desperation and fatigue from the recent battle was all making Setsuna's mind go crazy.
She kissed me back on the Ptolemy 4 years ago. She's always been a psycho and now that I like Feldt…
He stopped himself again.
What is with all these thoughts? I don't like Feldt. She's just a friend and besides, she's still not over Lockon.
Setsuna turned his attention back to Nena.
Acting on his gut reaction, he raised his swords to point his blasters at Nena's ship.
"H-hey wait a sec Setsuna, I have some information that I think you might want."
He glared at her. "You have 10 seconds."
"Well it seems that your ship has fallen to Earth. Now based on the combat data I've just sent you, you may be able to find them. And also…"
By the time she looked up from her keyboard the 00 was already flying away towards Earth.
His mind vaguely registered Nena's voice calling after him but none of it mattered now. His mind was on something else. It was a little strange for Setsuna to act this way. Nena shouted warnings about the Federation through the intercom but Setsuna heard none of it. Nothing could have diverted his attention from the current matter. At the moment, he was just a little distracted.
Authors Note: Well I hoped you liked it! This was admittedly a very hard chapter to write just because it was mostly re-writing what was on the screen which is very very boring but there will be some really nice original content coming up pretty soon. Please Review Thanks
