Apollo and Setsuna climbed into the cockpits of their respective Mobile Suits, and Tieria went off to talk with the Engineering Team that repaired the Omega. They were examining holographic layouts of the different parts, specifically they were looking at the special Parallel Core that powered the mobile suit. "This technology is amazing," they constantly said, as they observed the core starting up.

"How does it work, " Tieria asked, he was intrigued because he knew everything about the GN Drives and similar technologies that powered their mobile suits. However he had yet to see anything different that apparently could operate just at the same strength as the GN Drives. Chief Engineer, Mileina Vashti, came up out of the crowd of other engineers to talk to Tieria. She was an elderly woman who had the look of someone who's seen many years of life. Thanks to integration with the ELS and consistent exposure to the GN particles her life span and vitality vastly expanded to help her live this long.

"Well now that our pilot has completely recovered we get to see how this system works, Tieria," she said, "it's an interesting piece of technology and arguably much more advanced than our own GN Drives." She pointed out the different processes that were going on inside the Omega Gundam and explained them all to Tieria. "There is one part of the Omega Gundam that disturbs me."

"What is it, Mileina," Tieria asked.

"In the core is a particle collider, I don't know what purpose it is there for, but there is one very ominous indicator that this Gundam plays with dangerous forces. When we first opened the inside of the Omega we discovered that parts near the core of the suit were stretched towards the middle of the core which has a very large and seemingly unnecessary cavity."

"Are you suggesting the suit carries within it the power to create an artificial singularity?"

"Yes. I think this Gundam unit is not just a powerful combat suit. It is also a walking weapon of mass destruction. Be careful with him and make sure that whatever happens, that he never goes down. We have no way of stopping the catastrophe if his core goes critical."

"Understood, Mileina," Tieria replied.

Apollo and Setsuna placed their suits on the launch catapults aboard the Ptolemaios 2 Kai. "Setsuna F. Seiei, Gundam Qan(T) Exia, launching," the Qan(T) rumbled off the launch catapult and into orbit. A stream of light green blue GN Particles flew behind it as it flew towards it intended destination. It went off towards the solar ring that surrounded Earth and waited for the Omega Gundam.

Apollo looked at his hands, he was still getting used to his new set of limbs. They were slightly heavier than his arms and legs but they still moved just as naturally. He pulled down the visor on his helmet and switched on all the controls. "Apollo Zala, Gundam Omega, let's go," he said. The Omega was launched off the catapult and dipped a bit as it left the launch bay of the Ptolemaios. He activated the Voiture Lumierre system on the Omega Gundam and the pseudo-wings of the Gundam came to life. They shone in a brilliant display of bright red as Apollo soared across the sky to Setsuna's coordinates.

People on the orbital elevators watched two fly into place. A little girl watched the Omega Gundam intently, "that one is pretty, its like a butterfly," she said. The glowing wings were visible from the orbital elevator and their reach spread across the skies. The 00 Qan(T) and the Omega stood off and faced each other.

"Yo, Setsuna," Apollo said, "mind if I train against you for a bit. It's been a while since I've last been in the Omega." Setsuna just looked at him and nodded. It was all the agreement, Apollo needed.

Apollo got himself psyched up for the battle while Setsuna waited calmly in the cockpit of the 00. Then they both took off. The two mobile suits flew across the sky. The Omega left a trail of red pink particles as it flew around the solar ring. The 00's GN Particle trail followed closely behind it. The Omega broke off from the solar ring and pulled out its Beam Rifle. Apollo took aim at the 00 and tried to test its strength. He fired some shots directly at it but they were deflected by the GN Particle field surrounding it. Setsuna armed the GN Blade III and charged toward the Omega while firing shots from it.

"A gun blade," Apollo said, "but I've already seen that trick before." He remembered the Blue Frame's Tactical Backpack that could switch between several different weapons. He blocked the particle blasts with his Shield Generator and countered with his own. The 00 dodged them and prepared itself to attack with the blade. Setsuna hit the 00 into full throttle and positioned the blade as to thrust it into the Omega. A pair of blue circles pulsed from the back of the 00 Qan(T) as it pushed forward. "I like where this is going, " Apollo said to himself. He drew the Beam Saber equipped to the Omega and pushed the sticks forward on the Omega. Throwing its hand back, the Omega's wings of light flared and the two rushed towards each other.

As Setsuna and Apollo's swords clashed, Setsuna noticed something was off from his strike, "What is this," the sword had completely missed the shoulder as Setsuna had originally intended. Instead, the Omega had somehow completely sidestepped the attack and was about to strike the main camera of the 00 Qan(T). Setsuna, on instinct, yelled, "Trans-am." The 00 Qan(T) glowed red and disappeared.

"What the hell, " Apollo exclaimed. His strike went through the 00's quantized image. Apollo realized that this was a trick and turned his suit and found the 00 Qan(T) about to disarm him. "50% Time Alter," he whispered. The Wormhole in the Omega's core roared to life and began expanding rapidly.

Aboard the Ptolemaios, the Engineering team freaked out as they saw the quantum wave reader going haywire. "Setsuna what's going on out there, I thought you were just doing light training," Tieria yelled over the comm-link.

Nina walked up to Apollo after one of his mock battles against Zachariah and took him aside, "I know you are a natural, no offense. I also know because of this fact, that despite your piloting expertise, you won't be able to compete against people like him who have the ability to use the SEED Factor."

"Yeah, so," Apollo replied, "I don't see why not having a SEED is detrimental when I'm already doing so well against pilots with it."

"This is insurance," Nina said as she handed him a memory stick, "It's a new system that I designed for the Omega, it uses the Wormhole inside the Omega to alter the flow of time around you."

"How will it feel like if I use this?"

"You'll see," she smiled.

All of a sudden time slowed down for Apollo, he looked around and got to see every detail of the 00's movements as well as being able to see the particles emitted from both suits crawling out of the propulsion systems. Apollo moved the Omega over to dodge the 00's attack and began launching his own, he aimed at the 00's hand to inflict the least amount of damage to the suit. Then time went back to its normal pace. Setsuna was shocked that anyone could've dodged that attack. He saw the Omega move so effortlessly to dodge the attack and on top of that it launched its own attack, slicing off the 00's hand as the mobile suit flew past him.

The engineering team aboard the Ptolemaios calmed down when they saw the readings fall back to normal levels. Apollo turned off the Beam Saber and headed back to the Ptolemaios. Setsuna watched as the red winged mobile suit flew back to the Ptolemaios, "he's strong," he said to himself. Setsuna grabbed the stray hand and sword and headed back to the Ptolemaios.