Sorry I had to do alot of shit. I also wanted to make this one perfect so there was alot of rough drafts and outline so this is like 2 months of thinking here hope you like it.
December 23,UC0079
Solomon
"Preston" A voice said
Me and Cassandra turned around and it was to our surprise Commander Char we saluted him and he laughed and said
"at eases guys come on it's me"
"sorry Commander Char" we said
"Good to see you guy made it off the Earth, but this run in isn't accidental" Char said
He said for us to follow him into one of the briefing rooms and there was about 20 pilots there all squadron leaders of the North side of Solomon there was: Shin Matsunaga, "Blue Knights" leader Commander Kai La Rou, "The shooting Stars" leaders Commander Maxwell Hearing and Warrant Officer Kelly Hearing, "The Black Dragon" Captain Anthony Marshall and I forget or don't know the others names.
"your Squadrons are going to be part the Offensive Strike Units to defend Solomon repealing all Federation ship at any cost" He said
"Sir" we saluted him
"Now go to your squadrons and brief them on the situation" he said as a final remark
"Oh and congratulation you two" he said as he pointed at us and walked away
"how doses he know" Cassandra asked
We stood there confused but then when Captain Marshall walked up to us and said
"You must be the Black Sparrows, heard alot about you back on Earth"
Anthony Marshall was a Zeon Hero, his fame started in Operation British, then Loum,Odessa, Jaburo. He even when face to face with the Gundam and survived. Before I continue let me explain everyone else in the room, Kai La Rou One of the scariest person you will ever run across. He is a 24 year old Side 3 native who earned his fame from the battle for New York and was a Black Op agent that did assassination and infiltrations Ops in the early days of the war. Maxwell and Kelly Hearing are alot like Cassandra and I for they found love in the battlefield, they earned there fame from taking out 10 federation GMs prototypes causing the development of the Feddie Mobile Suits to be postpone. Getting back to the conversation.
"Sir let me buy you a drink because anyone who goes toe to to with the White Ghost and lives to talk about deserves a drink" I said
"Please that no big deal;I heard about the how you guys took out a whole battalion of Feddies at Odessa" He said
"Please don't remind me of Odessa" Cassandra said
"Well hope to see you guys in action" He said then he left
On our way back to our dorm we ran into a officer, I said i was sorry and he said
"Preston"
I turned around to see it was my Godfather Aiguille Delaz whom I had not seen since I was left the academy. He was accompany with Anavel Gato, the guy we met back on Granada. I Shock there hand and said
"Uncle weird running into you here"
"Well Preston I hear good things about the Sparrow,I always knew you were the better one out of your spoiled brothers. And who is this?" Uncle Aiguille said
"Commander Cassandra Archer,Sir" Cassandra said as she stood at attention
"This is your lady my boy" he asked
"Yes sir" I replied
"Well welcome to the family my dear" He said
"Gato I saw your Gelgoog in the hanger, it's quite a machine" I said
"It as deadly as it is beautiful" He said sarcastically
"Well Uncle I need to brief my men, so I'll see you some other time" I said
"Well be careful boyo" he said then he and Gato walked away
The rest of day we spent in the hanger with the engineers getting our Mobile suit for when ever the strike is going to come. We worked to calibrate the suits so they'll be at there exact potability.
"You know what ever happens guys your my best friends" Brad said
"Yeah buddy we would agree" Alex said with a smile
"What ever happens in the coming days we are going to stay friends" Cassandra said
Cassandra and I talked about how if there was a retreat order that she be the first one on those transports, she objected but i told her i didn't want to fight not right now. The P.A. sounded off and a announcement that shattered the silence.
"Now here this Zeon, first and second line of defense is armada is coming this way. That is all"
"Well shit that just great now we are in a last stand, just great man" Brad said
"Your telling me bro" Alex replied
That's when I saw Yuu and Otto and the rest of the the Black Ravens came over and offered some cigarettes,drinks and others things that they had to share. Otto pulls out an acoustic guitar and started to play and it was really quite claiming. Yuu cleared his throat and started to sing
"Believe to be grown up is to be able to survive so many sorrows
And now you are alone and you're shivering cold my tender and sweet dear one
I'm holding your grief and everyday it's in my heart and I am bleeding
Believe let me take all of my tears to the sea
Oh I miss you so (oh I miss you so)
And I'm longing for you (and I'm longing for you)
I turn and look up to the sky and it's turning red
Yes my sweet, yes my sweetest I wanna get back where you were
Take me back into your arms oh once again
Yes my sweet, yes my sweetest I wanna get back where you were
In this world there ain't anyone who can live alone
Believe you went away and left me standing with my heart inside a shadow
And now I've got to find you wherever you are 'cause you have gone so far
Believe let me take all of my tears to the sea
Oh I love you so (oh I love you so)
And I'm craving for you (and I'm craving for you)
And all the devotion I have it fills up the sky
Yes my sweet, yes my sweetest I wanna get back where you were
Take me back into your arms oh once again
Yes my sweet, yes my sweetest I wanna get back where you were
Take me back into your arms oh once again
Yes my sweet, yes my sweetest I wanna get back where you were
In this world there ain't anyone who can live alone
Believe to be grown up is to be able to survive so many sorrows
And now you are alone and you're shivering cold my tender and sweet dear one
I'm holding your grief and everyday it's in my heart and I am bleeding"
We all cheered and Yuu and Otto were laughing. Otto said
"I call it 'Encounter'; Like the Encounters we meet here in space"
"Like a Encounter in space?" Cassandra said
"exactly" Yuu said
We all fell asleep in the hanger laughing, telling stories of life before the war and what we are going to do after the war. We shared stories of the freaks we have been with and rated them on scale 1 to 10, we talked about the the best food we ever had. We just acted like tomorrow was just another day, because we knew next time we have time down time some of us won't be here anymore.
December 24,UC0079
Solomon
The feddies are now converging on Solomon, it's only a matter of time we are sent to fight them off. We got ready and got into our space suits and went the assembly room. There was a big screen with Dolze telling us that this a noble undertaking and we need to make zeon proud by giving it all we got. We all chanted
"Hail Zeon" the chant echoed through out Solomon
"Preston lets go man" Brad said
As we made our way back to the hanger I ran into my dad...
"good hunting son" he said with a smile
Something's wrong here a couple of days ago he was pointing his sidearm at me and threatening me and Cassandra,now he is wishing me luck. I just looked at him and said
"Admiral I hope I never see you again"
And we walked away
"Zero,are our suit ready?" I said over my headset
"there ready to go son, I'll meet you in the hanger in five" Commander Zero said
Once we got to the hanger, Zakus and Dom's were launching and I could see that Commander La Rou launching in his custom yellow Zaku II. I turned to Cassandra and said
"Please if anything were to happen to me I want you to be on the first evacuation boats okay"
She looked at me as if she was going to never see me again and told me that she loves me and we kissed for all we knew was going to be the last time we ever see each there. I held her for a long moment then I went to my boys and I said
"Okay guys this is it we are going hold off the feddies, we here are not saints, we are not sinners. We are son's of Zeon, we are the defenders of the Principality of Zeon. Time to make your parents proud of boys. Seig Zeon"
"SEIG ZEON" they replied with much enthusiasm and we rushed to our suits.
I flowed over to my Kämpfer and got the made sure everything was ready, last thing I want is for my mobile suit to mess up on me during combat. I checked everything out and the engineer said good luck and closed the hatch. Everything was dark for a long moment and little by little the light illuminated the inside of the cockpit and then I started to shake.
"Black Death Squadron you are clear to take off" the tower said
"thank you tower" Alex said
"let's do this" Otto yelled
I launched from the hanger to meet the fleet. Once there I looked around and I though to myself
"this is way I fight for Cassandra,for my boys and for the guy how fight with "
We formed up with my fleet and I was looking at the most Feddies I have ever seen there were clearly more of them then us. That's when Tom made his announcement
"Men and Women of the great Zeon, we are going to make this the mother of...what's that"
A beam of light flashed through space to the western part of Solomon...
"Status report" voices yelled
Screams and cries for help, I couldn't stand the cries for help so I closed that connection and sat there thinking of the thousands of men and women who are no more then space dust.I froze there not really able to understand what just happen as the others called out to me all I had in mind was Cassandra.
"Jesus Christ! Preston are you there!" Alex yelled
"Public fighters inbound boys" Yuu yelled
I quickly snapped out of it and realized that hundred missiles coming right for us, thinks aren't going to be easy.
"Shoot them down" I yelled
The whole fleet opened up on the incoming Federation fighters and armor
"None shall past got that Preston" Admiral Archer said
"you heard the Admiral guys lets move out" I yelled
We charged the Public units and destroyed them with out mercy and with out regret.
"Preston look" Alex yelled
We were looking at the whole dam feddie fleet with there Mobile suit in full charge.
"Alright guys give these sons of bitches a fight they will never forget" Commander Zero said over the comm
That's when I saw it...White Base with the Gundam in front of him...I was frozen I didn't know what to do, say, or think.
"Here they come" Brad yelled
I came two and thought of our plan of action but before I could finish the dam feddies had breached our perimeter so I nothing less to say
"NOW KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL" I yelled
"Juliet Section engage all hostiles" Admiral Archer said of the comm
It was like the battles you read about back in the medevil days were entire armys would charge at each other, it was like that but with mechas.
"Sparrows don't give them any chances" someone said
"Sparrows are here guys don't fear we can win this" another said
I dodged cannon fire and blaster fire and encountered my first GM, I pulled the trigger and the GM got riddled with shotgun rounds and exploded. I turned left and saw another taking aim so I reverted my thrusters and shock back and fired at the same time hitting him in the chest. As I flowed back I noticed two Magellan moving in with a group of mobile suits; I pulled out my panzer fausts and fired them at the two Magellan's, they exploded and the explosion engulfed the group of MS's with them. Since I discarded my shotgun I also had a chain gun from a Gouf custom attached to my Kämpfer.
"Pres man I count four blue MS coming towards you man" Yuu yelled
I turned and zoomed on these objects and saw it was the "Sigmas" in new Mobile Suits. I got ready to kill this bastard once and for all when I noticed my fleet was getting pushed back. I fell back to not get overwhelmed, as I did I could see a sea of Feddie ships and MS's. As I shot back I flew along side a Feddie Salamis and I fired my chain gun along the side of it and at the bridge and it exploded. I turn to see a GM charging me so I reacted by jamming my chain gun through his MS and my chain gun got stuck in him; With my free hand I hit him off and he tore into two pieces and flowed away.
"Sir..." Brad yelled then slowly got quiet
I turned and it was the Gundam charging me, I thought this is over I'm going to die here. As long as I'm going to die I was going out fighting...forgive me Cassandra.
"Come on" I yelled
I charged him firing all the while thinking of the child I will never meet but I must do this so Cassandra can live. The Gundam fired at me with his beam rifle, his fire was very accurate I couldn't dodge it all. He hit my right arm and my right arm blew off and that was it I was weapon less I waited there for him to finish me off. I closed my eyes and waited for the end when I realized it was taking along time for him to finish me; I opened my eyes and I saw that he was gone.
"Preston!" I heard
"Cassandra?" I said
I saw a black Zaku coming towards me and Cassandra was coming to save me, I wasn't sure to be relived, scared or angry at this I was so out of it I couldn't breath or feel much. Cassandra's Zaku got in front of the Kämpfer
"Preston if you can hear me, I need you to get in my MS"
I felt blood coming down my forehead and noticed my arm was burned so I didn't argue with her. I hit the safety belt and door controls and the cockpit opened, space was amazing although there was a battle going on the soundless of space was unbelievable. I flowed toward her Zaku and her cockpit opened up I saw her she looked at me as if I were dead, I realized she was looking behind me and I turned around to see a GM aim at up when all of a sudden he exploded. I saw La Rou's Zaku go by and he did the mono eye flash, and I waved at him and he jetted of. I got in Cassandra's Zaku and her cockpit closed and I said Hi or something like that and black out. I woke up a broad Uncle Aiguille Musia and I was totally out of it, Cassandra walked up to me and asked
"Preston, you all right babe"
"we still fighting" I asked
"Admiral Dozal fell so we are in full retreat"
"What!" I said and got up and started to run to the hanger
Once there I saw one Zaku still there, I ran into it and jumped in it.
"Archer, that Zaku isn't armed all you got is the heat hawk" Delaz said
"Uncle launch me now" I ordered
The Zaku launched and I was shaking the whole time and then space
"Preston get out of here I got you guys covered" Gato yelled over the radio
I didn't reply just pulled our the heat hawk and charged
December 26,UC0079
We have retreated and making our way to A Baoa Qu, we have fallen back this is our last line of defense. All but Yuu and Otto are all that is left of Black Ravens so we are undermanned and my arm is burned to bad to operate a MS. This can't be any good. We have to fight to the last man.
Lyrics belong to Andrew W.K.