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Gundam Purpose: The One Eyed Dragon
Chapter 10: Sorodan's dream part 2
Tiberius looked at his friend with a confused expression. The topic had been bought up before, but they had never actually asked one another what they thought of Newtype's.
"Well Tiberius, what do you think of Newtype's?" Sorodan asked again.
"What do I think of them, I've worked with them before, their abilities are incredible, and Zack has the most potential out of all of them, well the ones that I've seen so far" Tiberius said with a chuckle.
"No…what do you think they are? Just another off shot of humanity or our future, the ones that will lead us into the future, what do you think of it Tiberius?"
"Sorodan…your asking me useless questions…you and I both know that what I think is irrelevant in the grand scheme, so the question is, what do you think of the Newtypes?" Tiberius asked.
Sorodan looked out at space, taking a deep breath before he spoke.
"Newtypes do possess an evolved understanding, but they are not above their fellow humans…evolved perhaps but there is one fundamental truth about humanity that you know to be correct Tiberius, can you tell me what that is?" Sorodan asked.
"Conflict is something that will be present in humanity for many years to come, maybe there will never be an end to conflict, I guess from a guy on the inside of it it's hard to see an end"
Sorodan walked across the room, passing Tiberius and looking at a picture on his desk.
"My daughter…she's so innocent, pure, but I don't know what I should give her, what kind of world can I leave her to grow up in, and what kind of woman would she grow into? There are so many things I don't know, if I possessed the abilities of a Newtype my understanding of the situation would be better, but my rule wouldn't, Coordinators were engineered but there are people claiming that they are the future, likewise people on Earth believe ones genes should be pure but how can they say that when we have polluted our planet for centuries…and now we have space, did nature intend for us to move beyond our own home? What path should humanity as a whole follow when there are so many dreams clashing with one another?" Sorodan's voice was conflicted and dreary, like an old man exhausted after tending to his home.
Tiberius looked at his friend, planting a hand on his shoulder. He swung him round to look him in the eyes. It wasn't a sight Tiberius remembered years ago. Once Sorodan had been a proud ruler, even as a young man he had been proud. Young and with dreams, dreams that would've shaped a future for Jupiter if not for organisations like the Crossbone Vanguard and now the Titans.
"Sorodan, I have never cared more for a friend nor trusted any politician more than I trusted you, you saw the effects of conflicts big and small, I was in the middle of those conflicts, as a soldier working for the government I found the bullshit of politicians an insult to those that died, we weren't fighting for country or ideals but for power and resources, or just control of a nation, it was the same routine over and over, politicians came forward, said they were going to change something, said that we wouldn't have to be on the frontlines anymore, but we'd still be fighting and dying" Tiberius explained, taking a deep breath as sat on the sofa.
His eyes were of a man tired of his old society, yet never being able to escape from it.
"I remember many years ago, when I was young and just starting to realise what a waste of time our battles were…I was in the desert on a routine patrol with the political leader that America was going to put forward to lead the nation they had attacked, everyone was saying how things would change after he had reached the capital city…there was one soldier there that I still remember to this day, young fella from Queens, way too young to be on the frontlines, Eighteen and with a pregnant girlfriend back home" Tiberius explained.
"What was his name?" Sorodan asked, sitting in front of his friend.
"Patrick Rach, said he was gonna call his son James…guy seemed so sure he was gonna get a son, he was Naïve but a likeable guy, took pride in his uniform and what he felt that it stood for, I took pride in it for a moment, but then everything changed when we were ambushed…damn mercenaries with stolen tech and explosives, we never knew what hit us…I say protect the convoy, our bloody politician, god we held on pretty strong that day, managed to push those mercenaries back without suffering casualties, but we lost the drivers to the politicians van, so I decide to take him the rest of the way on foot, we're running across the desert towards the city, bullets flying over our head and I can smell this guy I'm carrying over my shoulder pissing his pants"
Sorodan couldn't help but cough his drink out. Tiberius remained stern, carrying on his tale despite the interruption.
"Those mercs were tenacious, never stopping the fight, but that was the downside, they were wasting ammo and their troops were getting tired, so they sent in an unmanned gunship…bastards couldn't even look us in the eye when they shot us, this gun ships looking down at me and this politician ready to shred us to bits, but suddenly, a jeep lands in our path, obstructing the gunship view, and on the gun turret I see Patrick, yelling as he fires those Fifty calibres into the main camera of this ship, but at the same time the gunship fires a burst from its main gun…it cut the poor kid right in half, but he still has his finger pressed against the trigger and the gun still fires, shooting that gunship right out of the sky" Tiberius explained, leaning his head back and sighing.
"What happened next?"
"We get the politician to the capital, but he never even gets to deliver his speech cause all the civilians are throwing rocks on the street at him…they didn't want us there, they didn't care that some warlord had been taken off his throne, they knew that this new leader was a tool of the American government, and so we get pulled back into the fight to "keep the peace", a few months after Patrick's funeral I went up to the joint chiefs and told them exactly what I thought of them, I was discharged for conduct unbecoming an officer after I told them to go and fuck themselves, my way of saying I quit…I become a mercenary so that I could make my own rules, and choose my own fights"
"And you still can't get away from the fighting!" Sorodan said.
"Maybe one day…but I doubt it, I'm not a Newtype but my intuition tells me that I'm not going to die in my sleep or with family around me, but rather it'll be on the battlefield, I'm hoping for a glorious end in a mobile suit" Tiberius grinned.
In the present, Tiberius stood inside the Rathgain, assessing his forces. Right now ten ships, each with five mobile suits in each were stationed at the asteroid base. Their other mercenary forces were either on jobs or too far away to lend support in time. But they didn't just have mobile suits and war ships but missile and beam cannon batteries set out throughout the base along with multiple teams of Mistral mobile armours and GINN Trainer's, modified for more intense combat with extra layers of armour and higher calibre rifles.
"Everyone stick to the plan!" Tiberius said through the comm. System.
Talo and Sumika climbed into their machines along with every other pilot that was available. Already Titan and Axis ships were waiting to confront them. Tiberius sat at his chair as two screens opened, revealing separate views of Scirocco and Haman's faces. The latter was dressed in a short-sleeved dress with some kind of crown ornament worn on her head. They narrowed their eyes at one another, all three expecting what the others were about to say.
"Tiberius Fury, in wake of your inaction concerning our job offers and your opposition against her Ladyship Sorodan you have been deemed an enemy of Axis" Haman explained.
"Tell me Haman, does Lili know about this?" Tiberius asked.
Haman glared at the older man before she cut the line.
"Tiberius, you and I have never gotten along so I will not bother asking whether you wish for aid" Scirroco said with a smirk.
"Go to hell Paptimus!" Tiberius growled.
Scirrocco cut the line and Tiberius smirked as the Axis and Titan's mobile suits began moving towards the base. He sat on his chair, nodding to his crewmates, all of them willing to follow him to the end.
"Target the approaching Titan and Axis mobile suits but hold off until they fire, load torpedo and missile bays, fully charge particle cannons, equip Wild Arm units with long range sniper cannons, send a message to the meteor base, have them ready the heavy artillery and the mega particle beam cannon" He gave the orders and they followed, preparing their defences just enough to withstand the first attack.
And as Tiberius suspected it was the Titan's that fired the first shot. Axis followed soon after, their missiles and particle beams hitting several of the Beowulf ships. They had given Beowulf an excuse to defend itself!
Sakon flew over the neutral ground that had been used as a meeting point for Jupiter's leaders. They had cleaned up the effects of battle well, but Sakon could still see the scars and marks on the sand. Someone had fought here recently. He landed in the midst of the remains of a palace, ruins that Jupiter's leaders would use to meet in order to discuss matters to delicate for the public to know about. The Earth Alliance, ZAFT and Sorodan had supposedly negotiated in these placed but Sakon knew that there was more to Haman's story.
'There's more to it, the Earth Alliance had its own war to fight, they wouldn't worry about war with Jupiter unless they were sure they would win, they have forces here but whose mainly fighting the Jupiter forces…wait a minute Jupiter is divided, Haman and Scirrocco, the mercenary and pirate gangs, they didn't need big forces here to fight Jupiter just a group to watch them' Sakon thought, but his theories needed evidence.
He bought up his mobile suits main scanning camera, looking over the battle scars, old bloodstains and bullets spread across the ground.
'They met, then shots were fired…but no one died…Lord Sorodan didn't die here on neutral ground but somewhere else, though they washed the blood away there isn't enough to indicate death from blood loss'
Putting a hand to his chin, Sakon grinded his teeth together. Theorising what happened and providing evidence would be difficult. That's when he felt a pressure again, causing him to widen his eyes. He Suddenly darted upwards, dodging a hail of missiles.
"I knew this guys was just another terrorist" A young man said over the radio.
"We wont let you do anything to damage Jupiter's future" An even younger boy said.
Sakon made contact with his opponents, bringing their faces up on his main screen. They were young, a black haired boy of sixteen and a brown haired boy who was much too young at fifteen years of age. Then he looked at their mobile suits, a grin spreading across his face. Both machines were white, though the black haired boys had almost sandy look to it. The young ones unit had a blue chest area, red soles on its feet and red points on its elbows. It had no backpack and while it was short its arms and legs were wide and its head miniscule. The other unit had a blue chest area as well but bigger shoulder armour that stuck left and rightwards on either side, with hatches waiting to reveal hidden weapons and a backpack with cannons attached to the wings. But what really put a smile on Sakon's face was the V-Fins and two eyed faced of the mobile suits heads. He was fighting Gundams.
"Tell me boys, what are your names?" Sakon asked.
"Seabook Arno, this is the Gundam F91" The Black haired pilot said.
"Uso Evin in the V Gundam!" Declared the boy.
"You must already know me as Sakon Date, the one eyed dragon and the mercenary WHO WILL FREE JUPITER OF ITS INTERNAL STRUGGLE!"
Uso and Seabook widened their eyes at Sakon's declaration. The Dokuganryu's hand moved to its back and removed its fang like beam sabre. Sakon released a yell as he flew forward, swinging his sabre at the two boys. They flew upwards, both firing their beam rifles. Much to their astonishment, the Dokuganryu took the bema blasts, pieces of its armour flying off as it flew at max speed towards the two Gundams.
"SHOW ME BOYS! SHOW ME THAT YOU'RE DESERVING OF YOUR GUNDAMS!" Sakon yelled, swinging his sabre downwards.
Seabook quickly drew his beam sabre, locking blades with Sakon. He grinded his teeth together as the armour of the two machines creaked. Uso drew his own beam sabre, flying towards Sakon.
"GOT YOU!" Uso yelled, slashing at the Dokuganryu horizontally.
The ARC armour suddenly ignited on the Dokuganryu's left shoulder, deflecting the beam of Uso's blade.
"What!" Uso said astonishingly.
"You didn't think I'd leave my blind spot undefended did you?" Sakon asked with a laugh.
He pushed the F91 back and slammed a leg into the head of V Gundam. Uso yelled as the force of the kick pushed the Gundam backwards, leaving it open to gunfire from Sakon's Vulcan's. The bullets exploded as they made contact with the Gundam's armour, shaking Uso inside the cockpit. Sakon then drew his pistol, firing multiple beams into the Gundam's shoulders and legs.
"USO GET OUT OF THERE!" Seabook yelled.
The V Gundam suddenly broke apart, its chest and legs flying away from the Dokuganryu. Sakon focused on the foot of the Gundam, firing a beam that cut a whole through the left foot. Uso reformed his Gundam, its eyes glowing as he drew his beam Javelin. Both young Gundam pilots looked at the Dokuganryu in shock, while a third looked on in boredom. Branden's Murasama watched from Jupiter's orbit, awaiting the beginning of the real battle.
"I'll show you old man, my technique of fighting will destroy yours" Branden growled.
Beams flew across space, slamming into mobile suits and ships. A squadron of Murasai and Hizack's dodged a beam from a Beowulf frigate, returning fire with rifles and bazookas. Wild Arms Mark2 units fired their sniper rifles, hitting Rick Dias's and the bridge of one of the Axis ships. A single Wild Arms unit drew its beam sabre, driving it into the chest of a Byalant. One Schutzwald fired its submachine guns, shooting down a hail of missiles before a beam cut through its chest. The Wild Arms Mk2 flew in between a group of Rick Dias's cutting them in half with its leg sabres.
"Damn, if only Zack were here, I wouldn't have to put up so much effort" Talon said, deflecting a rifle blast from a Gaza C, and dodging a beam from a Hambrabi.
Sumika fired her double graviton rifle, beheading a Marasai. She then swerved to the right, dodging a bazooka blast from a Rick Dias. Aiming at her targets chest, Sumika fired a shot into the machine's cockpit. The Rathgain took hit after hit from the mobile suits surrounding it. It fired its main cannon, consuming a squadron of mass production Qubeley's.
"HULL BREACH IN SECTION SEVEN SIR!" One of the bridge crew yelled.
"CUT OFF ACCESS TO THAT AREA! I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP HIS OR HER GODDAMN HELMET ON! HAVE ALL RESERVE GUNNERS GRAB AN EXTINGUISHER AND GET THE FIRES IN SECTION TWO OUT BEFORE THEY SPREAD!" Tiberius yelled.
"REPORT FROM THE METEOR BASE! D WING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ERADICATED!" The main pilot of the ship yelled.
"DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT! DESTROY THE RETREATING MOBILE SUITS!"
The GINN trainer's fired at the Gaza D's that had attacked the D-wing of the base. Their rifle bullets and machine gun pellets cut apart the retreating mobile suits. The Rathgain then unleashed a volley of missiles. These missiles then broke apart into smaller missiles, bombarding a Titan ship. Scirrocco widened his eyes as he watched the ship be blown apart by the hail of missiles.
"Impressive Fury, but your old technology isn't a match for the latest advancements, the future of warfare is no longer in heavy artillery but in the Psychommu systems, I'll let Haman teach you that important lesson" Scirrocco grinned as he leant back into his chair.
Mass production Qubeley's released their funnels, shooting apart Schutzwald's and bombarding the GINN trainers on the meteor base. Sumika transformed into her gun mode, firing a blast at the Qubeley's. But the agile mobile suits veered to the left, giving the Gaza C mobile armours the opening to attack the Wild Burst Kai. Sumika quickly turned back to mobile suit mode, blocking the beams and returning fire with her CIW's. Funnels surrounded her mobile suit, forcing her to perform various evasive manoeuvres.
"ALL PILOTS WATCH EVERY ANGLE THAT YOU CAN!" She yelled.
The funnels flew around their targets, shooting them from behind and occasionally from the front. One Schutzwald managed to dodge three shots before a forth pierced the cockpit. Two Wild Arms were shot apart by a lone Qubeley, which drew its beam sabre as a third Wild Arms flew towards it. Their beam sabres clashed, releasing sparks of both power and hate through space.
"DAMN YOU TO HELL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO LORD SORODAN'S DAUGHTER!" The Wild Arms pilot yelled.
"FOOLS! FOOLS WHO'S SOULS ARE STILL BOUND BY GRAVITY!" The Newtype pilot yelled before cutting slashing the Wild Arm's right down the centre.
Tiberius growled as he gripped the armrests of his seat. He got off his chair, turning towards the vice-captain.
"Take over, its time for me to show these young idiotic leaders what it really takes to command an army, the courage and balls to fight alongside them!" Fury declared, floating to the elevator.
While the original Beowulf prepared for battle, Axis's most esteemed pilot sat in his mobile suit. Alex opened his eyes as the hatch for his ship opened. The Red and white warship flew to support the main Axis forces, releasing the parts for the infamous Comet Gundam.
"Now Alex, your new armaments aren't to be overestimated, the fin funnel system is…"
"I am already aware of the limitations of the Funnel system, however these limitations only apply to pilots without the evolved senses of a Newtype" Alex said, interrupting the mechanic's explanation. "The ultimate beam rifle the buster is limited to one shot, the power of which is determined by the time that is taken to recharge it while the planet defencer offers no defence against solid shell rounds and can become overloaded if used too often" Alex explained, activating the phase shift armour of his fighter, the top part of the Comet Gundam. "My father designed the fin funnel system so I am already intimately familiar with its functions" He said as he flew towards the battle.
Days ago, Alex had woken up with a beautiful girl. Four rubbed Alex's chest with her finger, smiling at him, the white sheets draped over their bodies.
"How long have we been fighting one another Alex?" Four asked.
"Six months now, the war on Earth has been going on for about a year, I hope we don't last as long as they have!" Alex said, gripping Four's shoulder.
"Six months ago I woke up in a Titan facility, six months ago I received this hateful name and six months ago I was pushed into a mobile suit and told that unless I fought I wouldn't get my memories back, I want my memories back Alex, I want to know what kind of life I had lived before" Four explained.
"But what if you don't like the answers?" Alex asked.
"Then I'll at least know, you have memories of those you've loved and lost Alex"
"And yet not a day goes by where I find myself wishing I could forget them" Alex said solemnly.
"What were they like?" Four asked.
"My father was a mobile suit engineer, but his passion was astronomy, he believed that humanities future was in space, likewise my mother was a geneticist working at the Newtype lab, she also believed that Newtypes were the future…I remember both of them loving me very much, until a band of pirates came to our colony demanding the results of fathers work, the sad thing is that it wasn't the pirates who killed father but the mercenaries protecting him, those careless bastards didn't even check their damn targets, my mother and father were crushed underneath the rubble from the ensuing mobile suit battle" Alex explained, looking into Four's eyes.
"That's why you hate the mercenaries!" Four said.
"I despise war, I despise the fact that humanity has waged it for centuries and they still haven't learnt or evolved…something has to be done about it Four, Earth's gravity is binding people down, the old value system and beliefs no longer apply, money and power should be a thing of the past…you and I have never experienced one another's pain and yet we understand one another completely"
He traced a hand across her cheek, admiring her features.
"I will survive this war for you Four, please survive it for me"
"Alex!" Four whispered.
They kissed one another, briefly but with just enough passion to let them both now how they felt about one another. When they separated Four looked at Alex with shining wet eyes.
"What awaits in our future?" She asked.
"Peace, I believe we can find that, I believe we can make our dreams come true…I believe that one day humanity will no longer be bound by the gravity of Earth and in space will achieve the understanding necessary to no longer desire war, and when that day comes I will be here for you to help make new memories"
Kissing one another again, the two of them drifted into a sleep. The day after, they separated again, knowing they would fight one another in the battles to come.
Branden watched as the Dokuganryu engaged the two Gundam pilots. He had remembered all the past battles they had fought, remembering one fundamental similarity those battles had to one another. Sakon wasn't fighting him as seriously as he fought these two Gundam pilots. The man was clashing his blade with Branden, but never intending to kill. Branden narrowed his eyes, the three mobile suits leaving the surface of Jupiter. The Dokuganryu looked behind it, firing a rail gun blast at the F91. Sakon grinned, thinking he had made contact, but the beam passed through the machine.
"An afterimage!" Sakon said in astonishment.
Seabook swung his sabre at Sakon, his Gundam generating a yellow light from its shoulders and head. The Gundam F91 left afterimages as it flew around the Dokuganryu. Uso fired the cannons of his Gundam's overhang pack, forcing the Dokuganryu to fly upwards.
"What's the difference between him and me?" Branden asked out loud.
Sakon switched his rail rifle for his beam pistol, firing at Seabook.
"Impressive speed kid!" Sakon said as Seabook dodged every shot.
Seabook bought his sabre downwards, widening his eyes as Sakon deflected the beam with his plasma rod. Sakon then drew a sonic blade, cutting off the F91's right hand. He then drove the blade through the Gundam's head, destroying Seabook's main camera. Swinging around, Sakon yelled as the beam from Uso's cannon slammed into him. His arc armour fully covered the Dokuganryu, protecting it from the blast. Then he flew straight towards the V Gundam, replacing the sonic blade with his beam sabre. Uso fired another buster cannon shot, hitting the arc armour. The arc armour shut down, and the energy left from the blast ripped pieces of the Dokuganryu's armour off.
"YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES! STAY OFF THE BATTLEFIELD!" Sakon yelled, cutting the Gundam's left arm, rockets and leg off with one swing.
Uso and Seabook widened their eyes as a blue glow emanated from the Dokuganryu, the pressure of a Newtype. They weren't in their suits anymore; instead they looked at Sakon, their helmets off with the light of their Newtype powers glowing around them.
"Why do you fight? For an ideal, for your comrades, to protect those that are important to you, I have lived my life fighting from a young age, the only thing I know is the joy that battle brings me…and yet, I do have found myself fighting not for the money or for the fun but for one little girl, Lily Ghingham, a girl who has the right to choose, yet will have that choice in the world that Haman Karn wishes to create" Sakon began, speaking with the passion of a poet.
Branden put a hand to his head; he didn't understand how he could be hearing Sakon's voice when he didn't make radio contact.
"But I know that that girl is just a tool, just like I was and just as you are" Sakon said. "Why are you here? Why are you fighting? What do you gain from this fight? Children lose their lives on the battlefield, one girl lost her father and now she has lost her dreams in peace, what is the point in winning a war if people cannot pursue worthwhile dreams afterwards? LILI DESERVES TO BE FREE FROM THE BULLSHIT OF POLITICS! SHE DESERVES TO FIND HER OWN PATH! WHO'S GOING TO LET HER!" Sakon yelled.
The Newtype glow ceased and the sweating Sakon turned his attention to Branden. He flew straight towards the Murasama, slamming into the machine. Branden widened his eyes before pushing the machine off. Drawing his swords, Branden slashed at the Dokuganryu. The swords cleaved through Sakon's right arm and left shoulder pad. But Sakon didn't back down, he slammed the Dokuganryu's head into the Murasama.
"ASK YOURSELF BRANDEN WHY YOU'RE HERE! WHY YOUR FIGHTING AND I WILL ANSWER! YOUR NOT A SOLDIER! YOU ARE AN ENFORCER! HAMAN KARN WISHED TO BE RULER! SCIRROCCO WISHES TO BE RULER! THEY BOTH THEIR AGENDAS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO MANIPULATE THE EARTH ALLIANCE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS! YOU! ARE! NOT! A SOLDIER!" Sakon roared, punching the Marasama with each declaration.
Branden was taken aback by the mans show of force. He then widened his eyes as several heat signatures appeared on his radar. A beam flew into the Dokuganryu's left leg, cutting it off. Sakon turned to where the blast had come from.
"CAPTAIN ROANOKE! STAY OUT OF THIS!" Branden yelled.
"Branden Kamal, I am ordering you to stand down" Roanoke said.
Sakon aimed his pistol, cursing as a second beam blast flew into the weapon.
"WELL IF THIS IS HOW I GO KNOW THIS BLUE COSMOS! YOU'RE ALL DISGUSTING! YOU USE A LITTLE GIRL TO FURTHER YOUR INSIGNIFICANT AMBITIONS! IF THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF A WAR THEN I'LL DESTROY THAT IDEAL! I SWEAR BEFORE I GO I'LL DESTROY THAT IDEAL!" Sakon yelled.
He bought up his keyboard, typing in segments of code and cycling through various functions of his machine. Finally he came to the Arc Generator set up. With a click of a button he opened the Arc generator and his remaining thrusters. Gold particles started to come out of the thrusters and the Arc armour activated.
"Come on, COME ON!" Sakon yelled. "More Arc particles, just enough to do it once! JUST ONCE!"
A message came up on the screen, one that bought a smile to Sakon's face. He read the words, causing the Earth pilots that had heard of the system to widen their eyes in horror.
"DREAM SYSTEM ACTIVATE!" He yelled.
The Dokuganryu's dull armour suddenly changed to an astonishing gold colour. Its eye glowed red intensively as steam came out of the machine's back shoulder. Sakon took flight towards the enemy mobile suits, bullets and beams bouncing off his strengthened armour.
"Damn, so that's how Gekido Jaeger fights!" Branden said.
"Wrong Branden, this weapon is completely different from Gekido Jaeger's!" Sakon said with a grin.
He flew past the mobile suits, appearing over their main ship. Sakon took a picture of the ship before he bought out his ultimate weapon. The steam coming out of the Dokuganryu's shoulder suddenly stopped and the staff of the ship's bridge gasped. Some ran for the elevator while others were too frightened to move.
"So this is why you call it the one eyed dragon" Seabook said.
"He's going to kill them all isn't he?" Uso asked.
Attached to a mechanical arm on the Dokuganryu's shoulder was the head of a mechanical dragon. A dragon fang as Sakon liked to call it.
"Sorry to those of you who are just along for the ride, but for those who share the belief's of blue cosmos, CAN BURN IN HELL!" Sakon yelled.
The Dragon Fang crashed down on the bridge of the ship, crushing its crew. Then the ship began to explode, and Sakon used this confusion to transform into jet mode and yell one final phrase to Branden before leaving.
"Make your choice! WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON!"
The words astonished Branden, but he gave no answer as the Dokuganryu flew at full speed, away from the enemies left with no transport.
Tiberius put on his flight suit and climbed into the Wild Breaker Kai. It had been the very first Beowulf mobile suit. A giant of a machine that stood over most mobile suits, with thick armour plating and rockets powerful enough to outrun the fastest mobile suits, or powerful enough to ram straight into any ship and survive. The machine had a major overhaul, being equipped with old but improved equipment for the coming battle. One thing it had added to it in the final moments before the battle was the head and V-fin of a Gundam.
"All right younglings, time for me to show you how we fought in the old days" Tiberius muttered as he ran through the machine's activation sequence.
As the hanger doors opened, Tiberius thought back to his last conversation with Sorodan, particularly his response to Newtypes.
"Newtypes, people believe they are the future, but I know exactly what they are…they're human!" Sorodan said.
"I could have told you that, that boy Zack is the most human person I've ever met" Tiberius said.
"You misunderstand me, though they have adapted to cope in space, in terms of intelligence they are not incapable of raging, of craving for revenge when wrong is done to them and seeking to wrong others, they are not above these things and a Newtype leader is not necessarily a better one, humanity has warred for centuries, where does it end, I know a way in this small place, this huge planet yet tiny when comparing its population is capable of being controlled so that war is never waged…sit Tiberius and I will tell you of a dream I had and what I believe your future should be"
Tiberius gripped his control sticks, watching the countdown on the catapult.
"We are ready to launch sir!" The Communications officer said.
"Tiberius Fury! Gundam Wild Breaker Kai launching for Sorodan's dream!"
Next Chapter 11: Sorodan's dream part 3
Sakon: I'll need a recharge, some bits of armour, a shield and…shouldn't you be on Earth?
Shiro Amada: It's a long story
Sakon: And why do you sound like that Seabook kid?
Seabook and Shiro: WE DO NOT SOUND ALIKE!
Branden: Tell me Captain Roanoke, what the hell are we really doing here?