/Flashback 5 years, 7 days, 2 hours/

In the middle of a ruined hallway lied the bodies of both machine and human with blood and bullet holes all over the walls, floor, and some on the ceiling while at the end of corner were two living people. The first was Stratos wearing armor which had dents from bullet holes while he also wore a visor but the second person was a young man a year younger than him with black hair, and blue eyes while his skin was pale due to blood loss. This is Gilbert. Stratos's last friend before the forming of team ORCA.

"Why are you going to go by that name?" Gilbert says while his chest plate was removed and 4 bullet holes were in his torso and chest while blood was flowing out.

"It is to be a memento to you Gilbert. Until someone can forgive the actions I took to save those people I can never use my true name until I am forgiven for my actions." Stratos says while a tear falls under the visor while Gilbert smiles sadly before saying "Stratos is a good name actually. A name for a true warrior. But you… you have a name that every human is born with my friend… never forget who you were born as." Gilbert starts coughing with some blood flying out of his mouth.

"Stratos… just promise me to us the name you were born with… the name of the man that I became friends with… the man who promised that he would make the world a better place… please promise… me that at least that you will use that name again…" Gilbert struggles saying while Stratos had his head low.

"Gilbert the name I will use is the only name that I need now." Stratos says quietly making Gilbert frown in sadness.

"Stratos is a good persona but it is not you… A name is only as true as the person who is given that name… please promise me *Cough, cough* Promise me that you will use that name… it is a name of the man, I had loved like a brother who will one day find a way to end this… war…" Gilbert says with his last breath before his head sags down and his body goes limp.

Stratos looks at the body before placing his hand onto Gilberts left shoulder and says "Gilbert the thing you ask for me can never be done unless I am forgiven for this sin or I die in battle." Stratos stands up and turns down the hall before walking towards it but stops before looking at Gilberts body and says "I will take my name up again someday but only when I am forgiven."

/End Flashback/

'Gilbert my friend… I will keep that promise!' Stratos thought before it shows that he and the other 7 were standing in a small hallway that was separated by two different railings with the hall to their left having the corpses of three humans and two Stalkers before the door they were at opens to show a ramp going downward.

"Here we go." Stratos says with Reborn's eyes flashing.

/Opening Song: Will not bow/

(With each beat pieces of a machines limbs are seen until it shows the front of Reborn before it spreads its wings and its eyes flashing)

FALL (Shows Over Flag Gundam, Nexus, Eco, Condor, Shadow, Swordsman, Dynames, Throne Drei, Kyrios, Virtue, and Exia fighting through mobile suits before the Nexus flies at the screen and slashes at it before it shows the word Gundam with a slash from the bottom corner of the D to the top right corner of the M before it pulls back and the full title shows)

Title: Dimensional Gundam episode 1: ORCA rise Markers fall

Now the dark begins to rise (Shows a war-torn city with a giant machine mobile fortress making its way while shooting at human planes and helicopters that try to shoot it)

Save your breath, it's far from over (pulls back to show the face of Stratos with the Nexus behind him)

Leave the lost and dead behind (Shows Stratos walking into a room with a smile and waiting for him was Will, Victor, David, and Howard)

Now's your chance to run for cover (Shows Stratos wearing a pilots flight suit and running towards the Nexus with Victor entering Eco's cockpit, Howard puts his helmet on with Talon landing on his shoulder, David places his Katana to the side Veronica placing her helmet on as her hatch closes and Will smirks as his hatch closes)

I don't want to change the world (Shows Nexus slicing a Anf in half with his laser sword before it switches to show Throne Drei shooting at a group of Flag's, Condor snipes 2 Tieren's, Shadow destroys an Enact with its beam scythe, Swordsman stabs an GNX with one of its katana, Over Flag uses its GN rifle and beam saber at the same time against a GNX and Eco slices 2 Hellions in half with his GN sword)

I just want to leave it colder (Shows Throne Drei turn around to shoot at Throne Zwei before it dodges and Rogue Tril was in front of her bringing its GN axe's down but Nexus was in front of her blocking the slash and kicks it away while Eco, Condor, Swordsman, Shadow, and Over Flag engages Rogue Tril, Rogue Si, Rogue Ji, and Rogue Ki)

Light the fuse and burn it up (Shows Nexus, Eco, Condor, Swordsman, Shadow, Over Flag, and Throne Drei advanced fighting against GNX units before a bomb goes off creating a wormhole that pulls the machines away from the battle)

Take the patch that leads to nowhere (Shows Nexus, Eco, Shadow, Condor, Swordsman, Over Flag, and Throne Drei advanced passing through the portal until the machines vanish revealing the pilots before the portal ends with them glowing pure white until it shows them in their GN body armor)

All is lost again (Shows Stratos in his flight suit looking out a window into space with Victor, Will, David, Veronica, Hawk with Talon on his shoulder and Nena next to him while she had a concerned look on her face)

But I'm not giving in (Shows the 7 changing into their GNBA before all 7 were next to Isaac Clark with their eyes flashing)

I will not bow (Shows Stratos using Reborn's heat rod to kill a Necromorph Slasher while stabbing a Puker with his GN beam sword, Nena uses Thrones GN beam saber to slice a Stalker in half as it charges at her, Victor uses his Doubles GN swords to slice a Pregnant into 4 pieces, David uses Blades katana to block a Tripods tongue before he slices it down the middle while Hawk uses Eagles GN beam buster sniper to vaporized both a Brute and a Leaper and Veronica uses Flag to slice a Spitter in two down the middle but dodges a ball of acid before shooting 3 times removing the head and arms with all of this happening at the same time)

I will not break (Shows Stratos gripping his head in pain as does Isaac, Victor, David, Hawk, Will, Nena, and Veronica)

I will shut the world away (Shows images of Nena's brothers with Micheal getting shot in the heart by Saachez while Johann gets killed in Throne Eins by Rogue Si before showing Nena with tears in her eyes)

I will not fall (Shows Throne losing control but gets caught by Reborn)

I will not fade (Shows a horde of Necromorphs crowding around something while digging their teeth, blades, or finger to try and get it before a heat rod, GN beam sabers, GN Beam scythe, and 2 GN katana cut all to pieces showing Throne, Reborn, Eagle, Shade, Blade, Double, Flag, and Isaac)

I will take your breath away (Shows Stratos offering a hand to a crying Nena while images of Micheal getting a bullet to the heart and Johann blowing up vanish as she accepts the offered hand)

And I'll survive, paranoid (Shows Reborn, Double, Eagle, Blade, Shade, Throne, Flag, and Isaac fighting off 30 Necromorphs before the Ubermorph arrives)

I have lost the will to change (Shows images of people long-lost going through Stratos's head before his eyes open quickly with determination)

And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate (Shows Stratos strapped to a table with Victor and Nena next to him in the same way before Stratos changes into Reborn and kills the people holding them with Eagle, Blade, Flag, and Shade crashing through the door with dead Titan security officers behind them)

I will shut the world away (Shows Stratos getting caught in an explosion while Nena as Throne screams from space while being held by Double and Blade while Shade, Flag, and Eagle are shooting at Necromorphs)

*Guitar* *Scream* *Guitar* (Shows Different images of a once happy life now turned into mobile suit battles and survival against the Necromorphs before it stops at a picture of the ORCA team)

I will not bow (Reborn flies out of the explosion with his eyes flashing)

I will not break (Throne and Reborn fly at each other before both turn and slice a leaper each in half)

I will shut the world away (Shows a marker getting sealed behind large door before it pulls through several rooms and hallways to a large pair of doors with Reborn, Eagle, Blade, Shade, Double, Throne, Flag, and Isaac in front of it while dead Necromorphs are behind them)

I will not fall (Reborn slices through several Necromorphs with Blade, and Double while Eagle was shooting at incoming Necromorphs and both Throne and Shade sliced and shot at the Necromorphs while Isaac was hacking the door which opens and all three go through)

I will not fade (Shows Nena without her GNBA falling towards a hull breach before Stratos also without his GNBA grabs her hand saving her life)

I will take your breath away (Shows Stratos and Nena hugging in a ship while tears were leaking through Nena's eyes)

And I'll survive, paranoid (Shows the 8 running through a hall way before they hear a sound and both their guns or blades and look at the source)

I have lost the will the change (Shows Reborn, Throne, Eagle, Flag, Blade, Shade, Double, and Isaac fighting the Ubermorph before it tries slashing at Isaac who dodges and shoots the limb off before it grows back)

And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate (Shows the Ubermorph slash at Throne catching her in the chest making a large gash in it before Reborn's eyes glow crimson and he leaps at the Ubermorph)

I will shut the world away (Shows Stratos pulling Nena back away from the hull breach which seals and they turn to Isaac and the other members of ORCA who nods and they change into Reborn and Throne before all 8 turn to the Marker before the wind explodes around the Marker)

FALL! (Shows Nena, Isaac, Ellie Langford, Setsuna, Tieria, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah, Summuragi, Ian, Lasse, Feldt, David, Will, Victor, Hawk with Talon on his shoulder, Veronica and Stratos before he turns into Reborn and pulls his arms and legs to his chest as he powers his Assault Armor and when he throws his arms and legs outward the Assault armor explodes outward destroying every Necromorph surrounding him)

"I have a bad feeling about this." Will says before all 8 descend the ramp before they get a call from an ORCA communications officer saying "Sir we are getting reports of Ghoul's moving towards the Government Sector and we are sending Armored Core's and Alpha Flag's to engage them."

"Understood make sure that those Necromorphs don't reach us." Stratos says before he catches movement.

"Yes sir." The officer says before the comm cuts out and Stratos holds his left hand out saying "Hold here."

All 8 stay there until a Stalker rushes at them screaming only to be shot down by Isaac, Nena, Veronica, and Will.

"As I thought, Stalkers! Let's move!" Stratos yells before all 8 run down before a Stalker tries to smash into Nena when she passes it but she was faster and draws Throne's beam saber and cuts the creature in half killing it.

"There's the door!" Isaac yells before two Stalkers rush from the side but they run pass the 8 but when all 8 reach the door it was locked.

"Dammit!" Isaac growls before they hear the sound of Crawler's and all 8 turn to see Crawler's move towards the group but Nena takes aim of one as a Stalker rushes at them and with precision timing Nena shoots the Crawler which explodes taking the charging Stalker with it.

"Nice shot Nena." Stratos says while cutting another Stalker in half before Isaac shoots 2 Crawler's which to his surprise took out a Stalker that was hiding behind a pillar before Victor cuts a charging Stalker into 4 pieces with his beam sabers.

"I think that's the last of them." Will says before the door controls turn blue where Isaac opens said door and all 8 walk into a large room where all 8 hear Stross's voice say "I seeeee you!"

All 8 start looking around while Isaac yells "Why did you do it Stross?!"

"I can't face it! I thought Ellie would. I had to make her see. Step 3!" Stross replies while everyone continues to look but couldn't find him anywhere.

"What can't you face? What's the last step?" Isaac yells looking around but like everyone else he couldn't find Stross.

"Her! It's what they were afraid of, that I'd face her, destroy the Marker. But it's too much. You have to help. You need to see. Step 3." Stross says before they hear footsteps while Isaac yells "Stross! Dammit."

"Don't worry we'll find him." Stratos says to Isaac who nods his head before approaching a working panel where he hacks the door in order to open it which confused them but once the door was open they see the reason. The entire area was caved in.

All 8 walk down the stable path before they turn the corner to see a Cyst at the end of the hall which they kill until they come across 2 more which were somewhat easy to kill before they reach a working door but when they open it they descend a ramp that was covered by what Isaac called the Corruption while at the bottom of the ramp there was a single Cyst which Nena shot killing it before all 8 turn the corner to see a single door where there wasn't any Corruption around it which made them glad because the Corruption slowed them down. Once they door was open they see an enhanced Stalker walking over a bridge but before it could make it halfway it was killed by having its arms shot off by Isaac and Veronica but when they make their way towards the bridge a vent bursts open and out came another enhanced Slasher which was cut into 4 pieces by David.

"It seems that the Government Sector is infected with these things as well." David says sheathing his blades before all 8 cross the bridge only to see that the door was locked.

"Dammit it seems we need to get power back to this." Stratos says before Nena points at a junction saying "There's a power junction down there, if we can replace it then we can get power back to this door."

Stratos smiles before saying "Nice thinking Nena."

All 8 move down only to be attacked by Lurker's enhanced Puker's and 2 Exploder's but they were taken out because of their animal brains when they got around the Exploder's and ended up getting blown up with it.

"That was easy." Will says but after Isaac retrieves a working junction more Lurker's attacked with one of the Lurker's barbs striking David in Blade's shoulder but it only caused a scratch.

"Will look out!" Nena shouts and Will looks to see an enhanced Slasher in front of him pulling its right arm back.

"Whoa!" Will shouts before ducking under the Slasher's attack before he slashes upward cutting it from its left hip to its right shoulder killing it before he turns and shoots his Vulcans at the other Necromorphs.

"We need to hurry." Victor says cutting down a Puker while Veronica shoots a Lurker that was sticking to the wall.

"Yeah let's hurry." Isaac says putting the junction down before he removes the damaged junction and replaces the junction with the new one where power returns to the door.

"Alright let's go." Stratos says before his heat rod glows orange and he boosts at them only to pass two Puker's who were getting ready to launch acid before both hit the ground dead before Stratos passes two more killing them.

"Stratos!" Nena shouts getting Stratos's attention while cutting down a Slasher on the bridge only for an unseen Crawler to explode in front of him launching him into a wall hard.

"Stratos!" Nena cries out in worry before she shoots at another Crawler killing it and taking out another Puker.

"Let's go!" David says killing a Slasher that was the last Necromorph that would be attacking them.

All 7 surround Stratos who was now out of his GNBA as was Nena.

"Stratos please be alright." Nena says with tears in her eyes before the sound of Necromorphs are heard.

"Stratos please…" Nena begs before she feels a hand on hers and she sees that it was Stratos's hand.

"You won't get rid of me that fast." Stratos says before slowly getting up.

"Ah… Let's keep going." Stratos says engaging his GNBA as does Nena before all 8 reach the now unlocked door but once through they hear an automated voice say "Attention Shift Workers: Be mindful of the nearest survival chamber. These are you're only hope of survival should a cave-in occur."

All 8 ignore the voice before they continue down the mine until they come across two different halls with both being separated by a chain wall but once they were crossing it Stross crashes into it scaring them with the screwdriver still in hand but what horrified them was Ellie's eye on it.

"There you are Isaac. We've been waiting for you! Now it's your turn!" Stross says giving Isaac an evil eye.

"Oh god Ellie!" Isaac shouts seeing Ellie creeping up behind Stross.

"Step three then you'll AAHHH!" That was all Stross could say before Ellie smashes a pipe on the back of his head and they see that there was blood coming out of her right eye.

"Ellie" Isaac says only for Ellie to have a look of anger and points at him saying "You owe me an eye, you bastard!"

After Ellie says that Stross stands up rushing her only for her to use the pipe to push him against a wall but there was a switch that activated a bulkhead that once Stross hit it the bulkhead came down.

"Shit we need to move!" Hawk yells and all 8 run towards the door at the end of the hall but once open they see that the hall was badly damaged but when they got in a tentacle crashes through the wall and wraps around the 8 and starts pulling them until they were thrown out into space.

Once outside they get a comm signal from Stross who says "Ellie lied! She won't help. But you will Isaac, you'll see her after Step 3."

After he said that they hear Ellie call saying "Isaac, he's run off, deeper into the mines!"

Before they could respond Nena brings up a GN field protecting them from organic projectiles launched from a Nest.

"We've got problems on this end too. Get somewhere safe." Isaac says before all 8 scatter with Veronica shooting at one of the arms while Nena shoots the second as Will shoots his Vulcans at the last arm killing it before they hear Ellie say "I'll try."

Once she said that the comm goes dark and they look to see an entrance being blocked by lasers.

"Damn how are we going to get through that?" Will says before they look to see a booster attached to the left laser which Nena shoots causing it to move out of the way.

"There is you're answer." Nena says with a smile while Will grumbles about 'women and their smart remarks'.

Isaac grabs a second booster before attaching it to a laser but before they could shoot it they intercept a transmission saying "This is Markov piloting SOLUH unit 3, squadron alpha engaging a Ghoul near the location of the Gundam meister! I need assistance! My weapons are damaged and I'm in unarmed combat!"

After he said that they see a SOLUH fly close holding a Ghoul's arms from stabbing into the machine before Stratos calls the pilot saying "SOLUH unit 3 pilot come to our location we have some lasers that can take the thing down!"

After he said that the SOLUH's head turns to see where they were before saying "Roger that moving!"

Once he said that the SOLUH flies towards them and turns to his side and cuts the creature in half sideways leaving the face and back separating.

"Thanks for the hand but I need to get back to the fleet." Markov says before Stratos says "Wait what's the location of the fleet?"

The SOLUH looks at him before Markov says "The fleet is on the other side of Saturn and once the Nexus and Throne Drei are retrieved as well as our agents in EarthGov we can leave this location to our base close to the New Harmony colony."

"Good now get going." Stratos says before the SOLUH nods its head and flies off activating its Over boost making it fly faster.

"Alright let's go." Stratos says before activating his beam sword and cuts the tip of the device which causes it to move the last laser away from the entry where they fly towards it only to find that their way was blocked by 3 Cyst's.

"What is with all of these Cyst's?" Will says before shooting his Vulcan at one which spits out an explosive which only for them to see the organic explosive turn before hitting a part of the shaft.

"Did you see that?" Will asks in surprise before Veronica and Nena shoot at the last Cyst with the bombs doing the same as the last.

"Yes we did. It seems that without gravity those organic explosives have the same capabilities as those organic missiles." Stratos says before they reach the door at the end of the shaft but once open they see more Cyst which they kill but once they open the next door they see that on the other side was a an airlock where once the door behind them closes air circulates into the room where they open the next door to find what looked like a control room where they find some bodies as well as multiple bottles.

Isaac opens a communications link with Ellie and says "Ellie. I'm back inside. Where are you? Where's Stross?"

All 8 walk towards an elevator where the ORCA member's use their GN drives to fly up while Isaac uses the elevator while Ellie says "I'm safe for now, but he's lost it. I think he's coming for you. I've found something you're gonna wanna see. Here's my location. Hurry and get here. I'm not in any shape to be fighting."

After she said that the comm signal cuts out before 2 Lurker's crash through some vents only to get shot by Nena and Veronica while an enhanced Slasher crashes through a vent close to the door they were heading to but Will flies over at it and cuts it in two from its left shoulder to its right hip.

"Come on!" Will yells before the other 7 run down the catwalk only for a vent to shatter in front of them and an enhanced Puker falls out but before it could 'puke' on them Nena cuts it down the middle causing it to split in two before they continue running but when they got close to Will 2 more enhanced Slasher's come in with one of them being behind Will.

Will turns around and cuts the Slasher in half from its left hip to its right shoulder killing it while Isaac shoots the other Slasher's arms off before all 8 regroup and run towards the door before more Slasher's and a Puker arrive and try to attack the 8 with the Puker and Slasher's only getting shot down.

"Let's hope we don't run into any more surprises." Will says before they open the door to see a fork in a hallway with two separate doors with the one to their left being blocked by trip lasers and the door to their right had corpses of humans.

Isaac takes the first step only to hit something and he looks down to see a schematic for what was labeled Advanced suit.

Isaac picks it up before Stratos grabs a tool kit and throws it at the laser's setting them off and clearing their path.

"Let's go before Stross finds us." Stratos says opening the door to show an open hallway with only a single 2 Cyst in their path which Nena kills before they arrive at a door at the end of the hall where it was locked but also had a panel to hack from which Isaac starts hacking but when he finishes the second part the door opens to show Stross who grabs Isaac by the back of the collar of his suit yelling "There you are!"

The ORCA member's couldn't react because they might catch Isaac by accident if they shoot.

"Whoa Stross! What are you doing?!" Isaac yells before Stross smashes the screwdriver into his helmet yelling "You have to face her for me!"

The screwdriver causes the helmet to fall apart back into his suit.

"Tell her I didn't mean to do it!" Stross yells preparing the stab Isaac in the eye only for him to grab the arm.

"Stross it's me!" Isaac yells holding the screwdriver back trying to stop Stross.

"See her!" Stross yells with a crazed look in his eye.

"It's Isaac!" Isaac yells still trying to hold the screwdriver back while Stross had a crazed grin.

"Tell her!" Stross yells while Isaac shifts his eyes to Stratos who's GN drive was glowing and he flies towards them while Isaac yelled "Stross!"

The two kept at it before Stratos passes Isaac with his beam sword in hand deactivated.

"Step 3! Step 3!" Stross yells before Isaac twists the arm holding the screwdriver before Isaac pushes Stross to the right where Stross stumbles right towards Stratos who activates his beam sword stabbing Stross in the chest.

"Oh god…" Stross mutters while everyone walked behind Stratos while Isaac's helmet came back together around his head.

"Why did you do it Stross?!" Isaac asks Stross who only stared at him before he goes limp dead only for an audio log to fall off of him which Nena picks up once Stratos removes the sword and lets Stross's body fall to the ground.

"Guys look at this." Nena says getting everyone's attention before she presses the play button.

Alexis, if you get this. I love you. I would never do anything to hurt you or our son. After the sessions. I keep seeing you but… you're so mad, so… angry. You're scaring me. I want you to stop. What's happening to me? Please come get me."

After the log ends Nena says "It seems that the Marker caused this to happen to him and it broke his mind."

"That's it we're destroying it!" Stratos yells and all 8 go down while the ORCA member's fly down Isaac takes an elevator where they open a door to find an empty hallway and when they open the door they walk through to find part of the right side collapsed before they turn the corner of a cargo box but they all stop when everything start glowing orange.

"Is it orange with you guys too?" Will asks receiving nods from everyone before they hear Nicole say "It was a shame what happened to Stross. That's what happens when you fight it."

Isaac shakes his head yelling "Shut! Just shut up!"

Isaac stops shaking his head before he looks up and says "The Marker… it was you… you made him do it! You made me kill him, didn't you?"

"How is it you still haven't come to terms with who I am? Who am I Isaac? I will only ask one time until the end. And that goes with both Stratos and Nena as well. Be ready." Nicole says before the orange vanishes replacing it with their regular sight before they continue through the halls until they go down a ramp towards a door where it takes them to an elevator but an enhanced Slasher climbs up from the edge but when it landed it's feet onto the platform Will uses his scythe to cut the creature in half before kicking it down the hole.

"Nice job." Isaac says before activating an elevator which reaches their level and was big enough to fit them with extra room before Isaac presses the up button and they start rising before to their surprise Miners turned into Slasher's start falling from upper levels.

"God dammit here they come!" Stratos yells cutting a Slasher in two before it reached the elevator while Nena, Isaac, and Veronica shot their ranged weapons at any Slasher's that came down but an enhanced Slasher lands on top of Isaac but before it could stab him Nena cuts it in half across the chest before going back to shooting the Necromorphs.

Once the last Slasher was killed they arrived to their destination where Stratos, Isaac, and Nena were in the front of the group but when the door opens everything turns orange and Nicole grabs Isaac by the neck while Gilbert grabs Stratos's neck but for Nena Johann grabbed her arms and held them behind her back while Michael held a vibrating knife but everyone else was tied up by black tentacles that pinned them together.

"Moment of truth Isaac/Stratos/Nena!" all 4 hallucinations say while the other 5 struggle against the tentacles.

"Who am I? Am I your friend? Your lover? The one shred; one light; one bright shining star you clung to in this universe? Or am I your guilt? Crushing the life out of you because you can't get over the fact that I'm dead? That you feel responsible? Who… Am… I?! Why can't you let go?" Nicole says holding Isaac high in the air.

"What are we to you Nena? Are we you're brothers? Your family? The only thing you looked towards for happiness; the only thing that brought a smile to your face? Or is it that you feel sadness to know that you think you are responsible? What… Are… We?! Why don't you forget us?" Both Michael and Johann say to Nena while the blade drew closer to Nena's throat before to the ORCA's member's horror all of their GNBA deactivate.

"Why don't you forgive yourself Stratos? Why don't you use your name? Is it out of sadness? Out of regret? Or is it the fact that you don't want to go by the name that has caused the deaths of your friends and that you don't want to cause their deaths? Why… Do… You?! Why do you not use your name?" Gilbert asks pushing Stratos against a rock wall before he, Isaac, and Nena say at once.

"Cause it is to remember you. If I forget my new name. Then I will forget everyone." Stratos

"Cause you were my family? And family stay within each other's hearts. No matter what happens." Nena

"Cause you were my everything? And if I let you go. I got nothing left." Isaac

To everyone's surprise the orange vanishes returning to regular color while Nicole drops Isaac while cupping his left cheek into her hand while Johann and Michael hug Nena while Gilbert places a hand on Stratos's shoulder with all 4 having their normal features instead of bloodied faces and glowing eyes and mouths while the black tentacles vanish.

"Step 4: Acceptance" All 4 say while Isaac drops to his knees while Stratos just stood still with his eyes wide in surprise while Nena falls to her knees when Johann and Michael let her go.

"Now all of you are ready to finish this." Nicole says before all 4 vanish.

"Ok that just broke my creepiness meter." Will says while Stratos helped Nena up before all of the ORCA members donned their GNBA while Isaac approaches a store where he goes in and the door shuts but when it opens they see that he was wearing the advanced suit where when the helmet slid on it had 3 glowing slits and an intimidating look to it.

"Ok now that is intimidating." Will says with a smile before all 8 walk down a ramp to a door but when it opens they see that they enter the mines and they find a drilling platform with Ellie next to a power junction.

All 8 approach Ellie before she looks at them and they all notice that her RIG was red.

"Guys, over here! Looks like the mechanic was dragged away before he could finish fixing this." Ellie says while Isaac looks around making sure no Necromorphs were around before he looks at her.

"Stross is dead Ellie." Isaac says making Ellie look at him before saying "Well, I'm not sorry about that."

Neither are we." Will says resting his scythe on his shoulder.

"So what happens now? I thought you needed Stross to destroy the Marker." Ellie says looking at Isaac who looks behind him to the group before looking back at Ellie saying "Stross couldn't lead us to the Marker. He was running away from his guilt."

Ellie has a skeptical look before asking "What about you?"

Isaac shakes his head saying "I'm not running anymore. I know what I have to do."

Stratos steps forward saying "And so do we. Besides Tiedemann has our Gundam's so we're going in and taking them back."
All of the ORCA member's nod their heads before Isaac looks at the machine saying "Well this drill is a stroke of good luck finally. Why don't you get up to the cab try to get it started. I'll look for the other power cell."

Ellie nods her head before pushes the current power cell fully into the socket where it sparks and starts giving the machine some energy.

"Alright. I'll see what I can do from up here." Ellie says while Isaac slides his helmet on.

"I'll help you up." Veronica says before she grabs Ellie and uses her GN drive to take both of them up to the cabin where Ellie sits in the seat while on the bottom everyone finds Cyst pods behind the drill where Nena shoots at them killing them before Isaac goes through to a container where once he opens it he finds a power cell where he uses kinesis to grab the cell and place it in the socket next to the first cell.

After he places the power cell in the machine starts powering before to their surprise a circuit explodes while in the cab the control holograms vanish and Ellie calls Isaac saying "Hey what did you do? I just lost the control holograms."

"Yeah the circuit junction just shorted out. I'll have to find another one." Isaac responds.

"Well it's standard, there should be another one around here somewhere." Ellie says before Stratos looks at Veronica who was still up top and says "Veronica see if you can find the circuit!"

"Yes sir!" Veronica says before flying towards what looks like a pylon but when she lands on the ground two enhanced Slasher's climb over the railing and Veronica shoots the first ones arms off before the second one was already in front of her jumping in the air with its scythe blades ready to stab her before she leaps to the left and uses her free hand to draw her beam saber and cut the creature in half which kills it before it falls two stories to the ground.

Veronica approaches what looked like a lid and looks around to find a dead worker with a kinesis module and she takes it to pull the panel off and what she finds was the circuit.

She grabs the circuit and calls them saying "I found the circuit."

Ellie smiles before saying "Great. I think I've hotwired the system to bypass the navcards. Thank god."

Veronica flies to the others and hands Isaac the circuit who was about to place it in before they hear a Puker and he, Veronica, and Nena aim and shoot their weapons at an enhanced Puker which dies from its wounds before Isaac removes the destroyed circuit but when he placed the new one it there was a whirling sound before it started going silent and he calls Ellie saying "It doesn't recognize the new junction."

They look up before the sound of metal moving and they look to see a panel with what looked like Cogs turning while they hear Ellie say "I think I've got it from up here."

Isaac looks at the panel and mumbles "Or maybe just rewire it from down here."

"What? Didn't hear you?" Ellie says over the line making Isaac widen his eyes in surprise that he forgot to shut off the comm link and says "Uh nothing… nothing."

Isaac shuts the comm link before he removes the panel and starts working on it while Will says "Smooth Clarke… real smooth."

Isaac glares at him after he finishes the last part and removes his hands which the panel, power cells, and circuit go into the machine before Ellie calls them saying "I did it! I got it started!"

"Uh" Was what Isaac could say before Ellie says "Come on boys fly aboard while I turn this thing around so we can go to the Government Sector."

Ellie cuts the signal before Stratos nods his head and grabs Isaac before all 8 fly up and land on a large platform while the drill turns around and starts digging towards the Government Sector but while drilling they come across the Corruption and then Miners turned Slasher's start climbing up as well as some Puker's before Ellie calls them saying "These bastards are everywhere."

Stratos cuts off a Slasher's arms with his heat rod while Nena stabs a Puker before kicking it at the drill which starts cutting it to pieces.

"The mines are swarming with these things." Ellie yells once they cut through the first part to before darts fly pass them and they look to see Lurker's shooting at them which Nena and Veronica fly up and shoot at the Lurker's while Ellie says "If there are this many down here, how many do you think are above us?"

No one responds because more Slasher's and Puker's try to board the machine only to be cut down but Will and David while A Slasher tries to bite out Isaac's neck only for Stratos to throw said Slasher into the drill making the Slasher meet the same fate as the Puker before it.

Once the boarders were killed Nena and Veronica land right before the Drill reaches the next wall and they start digging through and as well as coming across more of the Corruption.

"Hang on. We're coming up on more of that stuff. Sorry." Ellie says driving the Drill through the Corruption before more Slasher's board the top but as a Puker climbs up it was met by a swift strike from Victor who uses both swords to cut its arms off and send it crashing to the ground where it was run over by the drills wheels.

"You ok up there?" Ellie asks after they pass into another opening where Nena and Veronica fly up again to find more Lurker's who try to shoot at the two only to be shot at themselves.

"Oh, yeah. Good times." Isaac yells into his communicator because of the loud drill before more Slasher's and Puker's attempt to board but a Slasher comes behind Will but before it could attack Will spins the scythe in his right hand and brings his right arm across his chest and with a twist of his wrist plunges the scythe blades into the creature killing it.

"They're climbing up the sides!" Ellie yells now that the cab's wind shield was free of dust.

"We'll try to keep them off! You just steer us clear of those walls!" Isaac yells before Nena shoots at a Lurker who aims at Isaac but when it throws its barbed darts the miss and stab into the face of a Puker who was about to puke on Victor but that dart causes the Puker to fall off the edge and get crushed by the wheels.

Once all of the Lurker's were dead Veronica and Nena touch down on the pad that the others were one but Nena cuts a Puker in half with her beam saber before kicking it off the edge right as the drill reaches the last wall as well as come across more of the Corruption but no Necromorphs which made the curios. When they clear the wall and Corruption they drive on until the come across a giant metal wall where Isaac removes his helmet and yells "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop, stop!"

All 8 look at Ellie who stops the drill saying "Looks like we reached the foundation pylons for the Government Sector."

"So how do we get in there?" Isaac asks curios while Ellie grins.

"Straight ahead. We do have a giant drill." Ellie says making Isaac coughs.

"You do realize we're riding on top of this thing right?" Isaac asks in worry while the ORCA members were thinking 'This is probably for that eye thing.'

Ellie starts moving the Drill towards the door while Isaac slides his helmet on yelling "Ellie? Ellie? Ellie! Ellie! Ellie!"

All of his attempts at stopping her fell on deaf ears before Stratos yells "Isaac grab on!"

After he yelled that the drill crashes through the wall right before Isaac grabs Stratos's hand and he was flung across onto the ground that was covered in metal which meant that they were in the government Sector.

Isaac slowly gets up and groans saying "Ugh! Holy crap that hurt."
Isaac looks up to see the ORCA members float down while Ellie was on the lower level and she says "Well we can compare bruises later. But at least we made it right? And this is most definitely Government Sector – and I'm guessing that Marker of yours is behind that huge door over there."

Isaac nods his head and looks around saying "Well we better move fast. Those things are going to find a way up the hole we drilled. There's gotta be an elevator or something connecting these floors. I'm gonna try to make my way to you."

Ellie nods her head saying "Alright I'll meet you halfway."

After she said that she runs in a direction while the 8 enter a hallway but when they reach a door Ellie calls saying "Isaac, there's a gunship docked here!"

Isaac's eyes widen in surprise before he says "What? Is it damaged?"

"Not that I could tell! Isaac do you hear me? We're gonna make it out of here alive!"

Isaac looks down and quietly says "One of us is." Isaac looks at the others before saying "It's too dangerous for you to be here Ellie."
"What are you talking about? Just get your ass up here. I'm starting a system's check now." Ellie says before cutting the connection and when the walk to find an open window where they see Ellie in the cockpit checking the systems of the ship before Isaac approaches the outer controls while removing his helmet.

"Isaac… what are you doing?" Ellie asks before Isaac presses several buttons which shut the door to the gunship where an automated voice says "Closing hatch"

"Whoa, hey Isaac what are you doing?" Ellie asks before he presses another button and the automated voice says "Gunship command only confirmed"

Ellie brings up a RIG link and says "Isaac! What are you doing? Open the door right now!"

"Emergency launch cycle initiated" The automated voice says making Ellie's eyes widen in surprise before she says "No. No! No don't you dare. Don't you dare launch this ship!"

Her words fell on deaf ears before the gunship unlatches from the station and starts floating while Ellie yells "Isaac!"

Isaac looks at the screen and says "It's your best chance Ellie. You got life support, comms… Hey, you're gonna be rescued."

"You bastard." Ellie whispers with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"I need you to be rescued. I couldn't save Nicole but I can save you Ellie. So uh… Bye." Isaac says as the Gunship flies away but before he cuts the RIG link Stratos says "Go to the ORCA fleet and tell them that Stratos sent you on the gunship. They'll let you on board."

After he said that Isaac cuts the RIG link and turns his back from the window and places his back against the wall and slides down where to the ORCA members surprise they see Nicole who says "Are you ready to talk now?"

Isaac looks at Nicole and says "Why? So I can let you go too? I can't do that Nicole. I never wanted to let you go."

"A lot happened that we never wanted… Isaac… touch me." Nicole says before extending her arm making the ORCA members tense before to their relief Isaac says "I don't think that's a good idea."

Isaac stands up while Nicole says "Isaac please… make us whole."

Everyone tensed at those three words before Isaac looks down at Nicole and says "I cant."

With those words he slides his helmet on before Nicole vanishes but before they could move two EarthGov soldiers run in but when they get ready to attack the soldier they stop and raise their arms with one of them saying "Whoa wait we're ORCA undercover!"

They were taken back by the feminine voice before Will says "Wait Sarah? Diana?"

The two soldiers take off their helmets show the two undercover operatives faces who both had smiles on them.

"God it's good to see you sir." Sarah says with both her and her sister approaching the 8.

"Will who are these two?" Stratos asks before the sisters salute Stratos saying "Ensign Sarah Carver, and ensign Diana Carver working undercover for ORCA sir!"

"At ease you two." Will says before surprising both by hugging the two making them blush.

"So how are you're families?" Will asks pulling back.

"Our families are safe sir and we have some bad news." Sarah says before Diana places a hand on her should.

"Tiedemann built another Marker but it was hidden in the Civilian Sector." Diana says surprising all 8 before Stratos yells "That son of a bitch!"

Stratos smashes his heat rod which wasn't burning into a railing breaking the glass that was between it and the catwalk.

"He caused this whole thing on purpose!" Stratos yells with Reborn's eyes glowing crimson.

"There's more. He created 2 mobile suits with properties of the Nexus and Throne Drei." Sarah says making everyone narrow their eyes in anger.

"It's a good thing That senator we saved told us that Tiedemann was ok to kill since he was a corrupted scumbag… Senator's words not mine." Will says before Sarah says "There's more he calls them the Apocalypse and the Helldiver with the pilots being Captain Derrick Tyler and Lieutenant Franklin Worth."

"Is there any info on the machines?" Stratos asks wondering what Tiedemann did on the machines.

"Yes sir while he was making them he created a black GN drive but we managed to delete the data for it before he could use that technology but both machines have them and the Apocalypse is armed with 2 heavy particle contact beams, 2 beam saber's, 2 beam dagger's, 1 physical shield, 1 mobile suit sized pulse rifle, and 1 mobile suit sized plasma cutter while the Helldiver is armed with 1 physical shield, 1 mobile suit sized seeker rifle, 2 beam dagger's, 2 beam saber's, and 1 mobile suit sized plasma cutter same as the Apocalypse." Diana says making Stratos punch a wall and says "We are getting our machine back and destroying those Marker's and his machines!"

Everyone nods their heads in agreement before the girls put their helmets back and they approach an elevator before Tiedemann calls by RIG link saying "I don't know what Providence protects you three but it ends here. I have two hundred armed security personnel… Every entrance is covered! Even if you get in you won't get far."

After Tiedemann says that he cuts the link and they enter the elevator two at the time where they find Necromorphs walking, crawling, or stumbling towards the door before an enhanced Slasher's notices them and roars getting every Necromorph to notice the 10.

"Well here we go again." Will says grabbing his scythe in both hands.

"remember save you're ammo and if you have kinesis use it on the limbs of the dead Necromorphs to shoot back at them." Stratos says getting acknowledgements from the twins.

/Play Gundam 00: fight/

The twins, Hawk, Isaac, Nena, and Veronica aim their weapons while Stratos draws his beam sword while his heat rod burns orange as David draws both katana and Victor draws both of his swords while Will tightens the grip on his scythe before he, Stratos, David, and Victor boost towards the Necromorphs as the other 6 open fired on the monsters.

Stratos flies pat 4 Puker's with all 4 being cut in two with burn marks courtesy of Reborn's heat rod before he spins around with his beam sword cutting through two Slasher's while Hawk snipes two Lurker's and shoots the sack of an Exploder which takes two Slasher's and a Puker with it.

"Isaac go to the door and try to open it we'll cover you!" Will yells cutting off the arms and head of two Slasher's before a single arm Slasher runs at Isaac who was starting the hack before Will shoots his buster shield at the monster killing it before he spins around and cuts a Puker down but leaps to the left dodging another Puker's ball of acid which sailed through the air and hit a wall.

"Damn it!" Hawk yells shooting down an enhanced Lurker before the twins shoot down an enhanced Slasher while Isaac shoots at an Exploder but it dies without getting its sack hit before Veronica flies up and uses the borrowed kinesis module to grab the sack and rip it off of the corpse before throwing it at a group of 2 enhanced Slasher's and 1 Puker which get killed from the sack.

"How long till you're finished Clarke?" David asks cutting down a Slasher while the ORCA members slowly climb backwards up the stairs while still shooting or cutting down Necromorphs.

"Just… one… more… DONE!" Isaac says before the door opens but it only opens a little bit.

"We need to move now!" Stratos yells whipping his heat rod which cuts a Puker in half before all 10 rush towards the door while the twins, Isaac, Nena, and Stratos stayed outside to hold them off.

"You two inside!" Stratos yells after Will runs through the door after grabbing his discarded buster shield.

"Yes sir!" Were the twins reply before both run to the door while Stratos cuts down a Puker and Nena shot an Exploder.

"Nena go!" Stratos says making her look at him with a concerned look under her helmet before she shoots a Lurker which was standing on the ceiling upside down and runs through the door.

"Isaac let's go!" Stratos yells before Isaac shoots down a Slasher's and looks at him before he nods his head and Isaac goes in but when Stratos passes the door it closes cutting off an enhanced Slasher's legs before it tries to crawl to them only to be stabbed through the back by the two bladed beam scythe.

/End song/

"Nice job everyone but we're not done yet." Stratos says before all 10 go down some stairs to find themselves in a large dark open room.

"This could be a trap." David says gripping his katana's before they slowly enter it but then they get a surprise.

Lights turn on in front of them with targeting laser's aiming at all 10.

"Well fuck." Will growls gripping his scythe poll harder before they notice what looked like an unlocked door.

"Isaac Clarke, Nena Trinity, and Stratos! Stand down and drop you're weapons!" A security officer yells before Stratos nods to everyone who slowly raise their arms before they surprise the officers by running at the door while the twins and Veronica shoot at them killing two officers.

"Open fire! Open fire!" The same officer yells before Nena creates a GN field protecting all 10 before Isaac opens the door where all 10 pile through but when Nena got through last an officer yells "Fire in the hole!"

After that a grenade was shot and sent Nena flying into the room which was a restroom.

"Nena are you ok?" Stratos asks in concern.

"Yeah just out of breath." Nena answers before they find a maintenance tube in a janitor's closet where the ORCA members minus the twins remove their GNBA and crawl through while they hear the security officers speak.

"I don't hear any movement, they may be dead."

"No, I'm still tracking three RIG's. Their alive."

"Squad 1, standby to close in on his position."

"Squad 1 standing by."

"Did he go… where did he go?"

"Target's lost, move out search the area."

"No sign of fugitives at bulkheads. Over."

"Copy that lead."

"No sign of Clarke yet, port hallway clear. Moving onto starboard halls, over."

"Squad 1 stay in formation, keep forward position secure."

"Copy that lead."

Once all 10 were out of the tube they found themselves in a control room where they find some stairs that lead to the top floor which they climb while hearing the lead officer speak.

Alert Tiedemann, Isaac, Nena, and Stratos are still loose repeat still loose."

When they reach the top floor they find a kinesis panel which Veronica removes to show to their surprise a power cell.

"Well if we remove this then all of those Necromorphs come in and we have to fight our way through them or we can fight our way through all of those guns where we will have to find cover all of the time." Will says in a thinking tone.

"Isaac do it. It's the only way to get to the Marker." Stratos says which Isaac nods his head in agreement before he uses kinesis to remove said power cell which shuts down power.

All 10 go to the window where they see no lights but the targeting lasers aiming around while they hear an officer say "Shit! We've lost power. Somebody get that auxiliary power turned on."

Before anyone else could say anything they hear a banging sound.

"What the hell was that?" An officer asks in a concerned voice that they could hear over the muffle of the helmet.

"Fuck! That was the bulkhead door! The power outage must have knocked out the kinetic restraints. We think they may have gained access into the compound." The lead officer says before the sound of Necromorphs are heard.

"Oh god, do you hear them? They're coming in! They're coming in!" A scared officer yells before Necromorphs start charging through

"Open fire! Open fire!" The lead officer yells before the sound of gunfire is heard where the screams of the officers are heard while flashes are seen with blood flying everywhere while some flashes are seen of Necromorphs rushing in but what caught their eyes was a giant Necromorph with 5 glowing red eyes walking through calmly while the other Necromorphs ran in and started cutting down the security officers before Tiedemann calls them with a RIG link.

"-you compromised the compound you idiots! If any of them reach the Marker…" Tiedemann says before he looks up with a scared look before he shuffles backwards yelling "Fall back! Fall back to the Marker chamber! We need to seal it have to seal it off!"

After that the RIG link cuts out and all they could hear now was the sound of Necromorphs cutting into EarthGov officers.

"This is brutal." Will says while Stratos had a neutral look.

"Tiedemann is a corrupt individual who deserves nothing but death and when this is over we are going to tell the galaxy about Tiedemann's deeds." Stratos says making everyone around him nod their heads in agreement before the 7 engage their GNBA and all 10 and Stratos approaches the door but stops and looks over his shoulder saying "We must destroy the two Marker's that he made in order to stop this outbreak.

/Location: Government Sector ready room/

"AHHH!"

"Get it off! Get it o-UGH!"

"Help me- AH!"

Shoot them! Shoot them!"

Those were the shouts of all of the EarthGov officers while in the ready room stood an out of breath Tiedemann along with the pilots Derrick and Franklin.

"Get the Apocalypse and Helldiver away from those things! If those machines get destroyed by ORCA then we lose our only means of combatting them!"

"We'll get it done sir!" Derrick says putting his helmet on.

"I'll make sure they pay." Franklin says with a scowl before his helmet comes on.

"Good luck!" Tiedemann says before running out of the room while Derrick and Franklin rush to the hanger where they see two mobile suits with the first being dark blue and green while the other was all while.

"Good luck Derrick." Franklin says approaching the white machine while Derrick enters the dark blue and green one.

"Understood." Derrick says before the two machines cockpits close and both eyes flash dark blue before both machines make their way to a closed hanger door which the Apocalypse aimed its contact beams before they start gathering GN particles in the tips.

"Derrick Tyler, Apocalypse firing Contact beams!" Derrick says before both weapons fire at the door and destroy it and cause oxygen to start getting sucked out into space.

"Let's go. We have people to stop." Franklin says before the Helldiver flies past the Apocalypse with black GN particles while Derrick stood still before saying "Right with you."

Derrick cuts the comm link and looks to his wrist where on it was a bracelet with what looked like a Marker.
"Becky I will see you again." Derrick whispers before the Apocalypse's eyes flash and it takes off after the Helldiver.

/Location: Civilian Sector/

"You heard what she said start searching for that Marker!" A HOGIRE pilot yells while multiple HOGIRE's, Alpha Flag's, and SOLUH's flew around with some having scanning equipment but a HOGIRE finds organic mass.

"What the fuck? Hey guys I found something." The pilot says getting all of the other pilot's attention before to their horror a tentacle with a bladed tip stabs through the chest of the HOGIRE causing a chain reaction where the machine explodes.

"Oh shit!" A SOLUH pilot yells throwing away the scanning equipment and grabs a machine gun before the tentacle retracts into the shadows before they see an orange yellow glow.

BOOOOOOM

That was the sound of what was now seen as a Marker.

But to their continued horror all of the Necromorphs that weren't seen in the Civilian Sector were all grouped into the creature that now was connected to the Marker.

The creature had bone armor on most of its body while the tentacles were un armored and it had 4 crab like legs, the upper half was almost human but with 2 arms that had 6 fingers that were claw like while its head looked like that of a monster but it had 3 rows of razor sharp teeth and 3 orange eyes while the Marker was inside its body.

ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!

That was the sound the creature made before it came out of the shadows to show that it had 42 tentacles each with a bladed tip.

"Enemy confirmed! Open fire!" The SOLUH pilot yells before every Armored Core and mobile suit open fired on the creature but the beam rounds just harmlessly hit the armor before it shot its tentacles towards the machines.

"Our weapons have no effect!" A pilot yells before he was met with his SOLUH exploding from getting stabbed by a tentacle.

"Evasive maneuvers!" A HOGIRE pilot yells before he dodges a tentacle and uses his laser sword to cut it off which only made the monster roar in anger before the same pilot was wrapped around by the same tentacle and crushed which ended up destroying the HOGIRE.

"Contact the fleet and tell them we need reinforcements!" An Alpha Flag pilot yells in fear as they try to kill the monster that slowly crawls to the edge of the Civilian Sector where it would leap and sail to the Government Sector.

Author note: I thought it would be a good idea that Carver would have some more relatives since the only known relatives he has are his wife and son who were turned into Necromorphs.