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"Speaking"
"Radio"
'Thoughts'
Flashbacks
Chapter Twenty: History Repeats
Battle For Orb
As the battle for Orb raged on, four individuals were running through the outskirts of the city, heading towards the docks for evacuation.
Among the four, was a male who looked to be 16 years old, stood at 5'7, had short, brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a pair of blue jeans, sneakers, and a red shirt.
As the boy and his friends ran through the streets, he would always look towards the battle, and couldn't help but stair as the several battles between the E.A and Orb's Mobile suits. And a sense of awe arose within him.
'Wow…so that's a Real Mobile Suit fight…' the boy, one Jordan Takeo, thought as his running pace slowed down a bit as he stared at the battles, paying the most attention at the two battles between the two winged mobile suits fighting the four EA machines. In particular he watched the two machines, one with blue wings, and the other similar one that had green/red wings.
However, he was brought back too earth when a hand grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him forward. "Jordan, come on!" a voice called out. "Stop staring at those damn suits, we gotta get out of here!"
Jordan shook his head, and faced the person who spoke to him. He looked similar too Jordan, if not a year or two older, stood at 5'8 with shaggy brown hair, brown eyes, wore a pair of ripped blue jeans, boots, and a Blue/white shirt.
"R-Right, Sorry Matt." Jordan muttered as he began to run with them once again.
Matthew Takeo sighed as he ran next to his younger Brother. He then muttered something that sounded something like: 'You and your Gundam's, little Bro.' but Jordan ignored it as he ran up too meet the other two people they were running with.
When they turned the corner around a block of buildings, they stopped to take a breather from running. "Sarah, Scout, you two alright?" Matthew asked the two they were running with.
The first, a girl about Matthew's age with long brunette hair, brown eyes, stood at Matt's height, and was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a black shirt under a dark green jacket, and had a pair of running shoes, glanced towards them with a smirk. "Were fine, just tired from all this damn running." The girl, Scout Lenix said.
The second girl, this one about as old as Jordan was, if not a year younger, stood an inch shorter than he did, she had Brownish-red shoulder-length hair, brownish-green eyes, and was wearing a dark blue Hoodie that had bizarre aqua blue stripes, a pair of light blue pants, and a pair of sneakers. She smiled a bit as she glanced at she first girl. "Hey, Just because we're girl's doesn't mean we can't be better runners than you two." Sarah Lenix said.
"Never meant to imply it, you two." Matthew said with a light chuckle.
Jordan sighed as he leaned against the side of a building. "I can't believe the E.A is really attacking…" He muttered. "Of all the idiotic things…"
"They must be pretty confident with those new mobile suits of theirs." Matthew Said as he glanced at the skies. "Probably has something to do with those weird ones fighting up there somehow."
Jordan and the others looked to where Matthew was pointing, and indicated two intense battles going on in the skies above them. One, a Dark Green/Black/Red one (Redemption) was fighting off two units at once, a Black/Red (Dragon Hunter) one and a Blue/White one (Backdraft), while another one a Blue/Black/White (Freedom) one with similar wings to the other one was fighting a trio of mobile suits, a Blue/Red one (Gallant), a Black/Red one (Raider), and a Green/pale green one (Forbidden).
For a while, the four stared in awe, and amazement as the two winged mobile suits fought off against the odds for quite some time, none more so than Jordan, who's mouth was hanging open.
However, when the Black/Red one fired its weird cannon at the Green/Black one, and the other Green/Pale Green one fired at the Blue/White one, Jordan's eyes actually flew wide and shouted out "No!"
However, then two more mobile suits arrived, seeming out of nowhere, and actually saved the two other units. These new units, a Crimson Red one (Justice) that saved the Blue one, and a Green/Red one that looked like a Zaft mobile suit (GuAIZ Experimental).
"Oh hell ya!" Scout shouted as she punched her fists up in the air. All four of them had completely forgot about evacuating, as they stood there watching the special as the 9 mobile suits fought against each other. Jordan, was ecstatic as he was grinning so much at the mobile suits, in particular the Green/Black and Blue/Black ones…for some reason, he found the very way they moved, fought, and clashed with the other mobile suits mesmerizing, awe inspiring grace.
'Those mobile suits are amazing!' Jordan thought. 'Damn I wish I could pilot one…'
However, the four were tossed out of their stupor of watching the air battle above them as the battle between the Justice and Freedom (I'm just calling them by their names since we all know them) and the Forbidden, Gallant, and Raider started to get closer too them…by closer Jordan meant they were practically on top of them.
"Uh…I think now would be a good time to leave!" Sarah said as she started to back away.
"I agree, let's Go-" However, before they could, the Freedom delivered a kick too the Raider, forcing it onto the building they were standing next too, sending dust flying everywhere. The Four shielded their eyes as the dust flew past them.
When the dust settled down, they opened their eyes too see the Raider standing back up. However a feeling of dread washed over them as the Raider's head turned around towards them. 'I don't like the looks of this…' Jordan thought.
In the Raider's Cockpit, Clotho Buer smirked. "Civilians caught in the fields of battle eh?" he muttered. "Well, I got a few seconds to waste!" and with that, he aimed the Raider's Duel 57mm High-Velocity shield cannon at the four. "Say your prayers!" he shouted as he prepared to pull the trigger.
At that moment, Jordan knew that they were all probably dead, but by instinct he positioned himself between the Raider and the others, his eyes closed shut.
Sarah, meanwhile, was so scared she couldn't move one inch even if she wanted too. When Jordan positioned himself in front of her, and as the Raider prepared to open fire, she and the others closed their eyes, prepared too meet their fate.
However, what they were not prepared for was a loud 'Clashing' noise, and the ground shaking. Jordan, and the others opened their eyes too see a massive Mobile Suit sized shield between them and the Raider's cannon just as the Raider fired, the rounds pinging off of the shield.
The four looked to the source of the shield, and followed it too the Blue-winged mobile suit from earlier. Standing right behind them, its shield dug into the ground shielding them from harm.
"What the hell are you waiting for! Get going!" the pilot of the mobile suit they assumed screamed.
Not waiting another moment, the four sped off at top speeds to the evacuation docks. But Jordan stayed a few moments more, and glanced back at the mobile suit. He stared at its face, and surprisingly the mobile suit stared back.
It was then Jordan saw the word imprinted on the Mobile Suit's forehead that would forever change his life. The word that set his future for him.
"Gun..dam?" He muttered, reading the word out.
However, he didn't have a moment too lose, and he just gave a quick nod to the Mobile suit before rejoining his friends.
Later
Nearing the docks
"Come on! We're almost there!" Matthew called out as he and the others followed him towards the docks.
Jordan let out a sigh of relief when he heard his brother call that out. 'We're gonna make it…I don't know how, but we're really gonna make it…maybe there really is a god out there…'
As he ran, his mind drifted back too that one mobile suit that saved them, that…'Gundam'. For some reason, no matter what he did, Jordan simply couldn't get that mobile suit out of his head. Maybe it was just because they were so close to dying back there…or maybe it was just because of Jordan's well known passion of learning more about new and old mobile suits, a trait he inherited from his Mother.
Whatever it was, whenever Jordan thought of that one suit, he couldn't help but smile a bit. 'Gundam…I like that…' he thought as he started too run up a hill where his Brother was almost at the top, with Scout and Sarah following him. 'One day…one day I'll pilot a mobile suit like that…a unit like a Gundam.'
"Ok, the docks should be right…over…." Matthew started to say, but after he reached to top of the hill, he stopped walking and speaking at the same time.
This got Jordan worried, and he finally snapped out of his thoughts as he doubled his pace too meet where his Brother now stood, a horror-stricken face pattered across his face. "Matt, what is…it…" Jordan then saw what it was his Brother had seen, and he felt a clenching feeling in his chest.
The evacuation ship was already gone, but that was not what they were looking at…it was that the area in front of them was torn to pieces, trees burning, torn landscapes, but what caused them too feel this way...were the bodies.
Jordan at first counted two bodies. They…were torn apart in so many ways…blood spattered all across the ground surrounding them…Jordan took an unconscious step backwards from the carnage. For him, it was too much as he threw up into a nearby bush.
When Scout and Sarah caught up with them, their reactions were very much like Jordan and Matthew's. "Wha…what happened here?" Scout whispered.
No one had an answer for her question, but it was obvious. These people got caught in the crossfire, just like they were a few minutes ago.
'This could have been us…' Jordan thought as he started to steadily walk through the torn landscape. 'If it weren't for that…that Gundam thing…' for a split second, Jordan almost swore he saw the bodies of Matt, Sarah and Scout in place of them lying on the ground.
Jordan shook his head from that thought. However his foot then kicked something, and when he looked he almost threw up again seeing it was a severed hand from the elbow down. Looking up, he then saw the former owner of the arm, lying on the ground face up, eyes closed. She looked to be about as old as Sarah was, with light brown hair.
Jordan inhaled sharply as he looked at the body, and he walked up to it. 'Why did they have to attack?' He thought as he knelt down. 'I mean…the E.A could have just attacked Kaohsiung, or even Victoria…why pick Orb? What did we do to them? Is it just because we supported Coordinators like me, Matt, Sarah and Scout? That doesn't make any-'
Jordan was cut off from his thought when he noticed something. The girl's left hand (the one still attached) twitched ever so slightly. Jordan's eyes flew wide when he saw that. He immediately checked her for a pulse…
"MATT! SARAH! SCOUT! GET OVER HERE NOW!"
Jordan's shout surprised the three, but Matthew instantly replied too his Brother's shout and sprinted too his location with Sarah and Scout following right behind him. They soon found Jordan crouched over the body of a young girl. "Guy's, she's still alive!" Jordan said, shocking them all. "Barley, but she's still got a pulse!"
"A-Alive?" Sarah questioned in a whisper.
"Guys, we gotta do something!" Jordan said. "Scout, you took medical classes, right?"
"Well…I barley passed that class…but I'll try." She said as she knelt down with Jordan. "Ok…fist we gotta stop the bleeding. Matt, give me your Jacket, we'll makes some make-shift bandages and…"
Scout then took charge, and the three of them did whatever they could too keep the girl alive. Though, they managed too stop the bleeding by some Miracle (117Jorn: Haha, DragonKnightRyu: Lousy Pun/Insertion.), they knew they needed to get her some real help, and soon.
"Guys, you stay here and keep her alive." Jordan said, standing up. "I'm gonna try to get some help."
"But Jordan, its still a warzone out there!" Scout shouted. "Your not gonna be so lucky to have another one of those weird mobile suits too keep you-"
"I need to try to find help, Scout!" Jordan shouted. "I am not gonna stand by here and do nothing when she could die!" he then glared at his older brother who was about to protest. "And don't you give me the 'I won't let you go because you're my little brother' talk Matt, as much as I love ya too, we both know I'm the fastest Runner out of all of us. I'd have a better chance of finding help quicker."
Matthew tried to find grounds to argue…but knew it was not gonna happen with that look on his Brother's face. "Fine, Just…just be careful." He said. "You're the only little Brother I'm gonna get, ya know?" he grinned a bit at the last part.
Jordan smiled and nodded. "I'll be back before you know it." He said, and he then kicked off running back towards the city.
Later
With Mark
Mark sighed angrily as he lowered his Ex-GuAIZ's altitude. "Damn…now unless Orb Happens to have some spar parts for a GuAIZ, which I doubt, I'm gonna need a new suit…" he muttered to himself.
"Mark?" A voice on the Comm came through. "Mark, is that you?"
Mark Blinked in surprise, instantly recognizing the voice. "Lev?" he asked. "Your still alive?"
"Ya, with some help from the Archangel we managed to survive the Hrimfaxi's missile attack." Lev said as the Grizzly in MA mode walked next too the Ex-GuAIZ. "Nicol and Dearka are around here too somewhere, and Yuuka should be around here somewhere too, turns out she was assigned to the Archangel by Terminal."
Mark nodded. "Well, its good to see your all alright." He said. "Naleen and Jacques should be back at the Homeland too…huh?" he then caught movement out of the corner of his suit's vision, and looked to see a figure running through the streets of the city outskirts. He zoomed in the view too see it was a kid running through the streets of the city.
"Hey Lev, Four-O-Clock low." Mark said. "See that kid?"
"Ya…shouldn't be be evacuating instead of heading into the city?" Lev said.
With Jordan
Jordan Ran through the streets of Onogoro searching for any help at all. 'Ok, at the rate I'm going, I wouldn't mind even if the help's Earth Alliance.' He thought to himself as he kept running.
When he heard the Roaring of an engine nearby, he looked up too see the Zaft suit flying overhead. And when he heard a loud 'thumping' sound, and he looked around the corner too see a bear-like mobile armor approaching him.
He then smiled. "Yes, Finally!" he whispered as he ran up towards the Mobile Armor. "Hey! Hey! Down here!" he called out, jumping and waving his arms so that the mobile armor would notice. "I need your help! Please!"
With Lev
"What do you think, Mark?" Lev asked as he listened too the boy's cries.
"Well…let's see what he wants, first." Mark said as he lowered his Ex-GuAIZ to the ground.
With Jordan
Jordan jumped in surprise as the Zaft suit landed behind him. "What do you want, kid?" the voice of the pilot said on the loud speaker.
Jordan turned towards the Zaft suit. "You gotta help me!" he shouted so that he could hear. "Me and my friends came across a young girl, but her arm was blasted off, but she's still alive! I need to get her some help or she'll die! You Gotta help us!"
The Zaft suit's Red Omni-eye looked at Jordan, before looking back up at the Bear-like mobile armor.
With Mark
"What do you think Lev?" he asked.
"I say we trust him." Lev said. "He's just a kid after all."
Mark nodded as he turned his eye back at the kid. "Alright, we'll help ya." He said as he knelt his Ex-GuAIZ down too pick him up with his Ex-GuAIZ's last remaining arm.
The boy smiled as he climbed up on the hand. "Thank you sir!" he shouted as the arm then moved too his cockpit, and let the kid in.
"Alright, where are they?" Mark asked once the Kid was secured behind his seat.
"That way!" Jordan said, pointing towards a direction. "By the docks!"
Mark nodded and his Ex-GuAIZ took off towards the direction, with Lev following with the Grizzly as fast as he could.
"So…what does Zaft have to do with all of this?" the kid asked from behind the seat.
"Hm?" Mark asked. "Oh, nothing really. We were on a mission…let's just say we abandoned that one to protect Orb, and a few of our friends."
"Oh, Ok." The boy said, a little nervously. "Well…thanks for helping me out."
"Hey, don't mention it." Mark said. "It's what we soldiers do, save lives."
"Ya…by the way, I'm Jordan Takeo." The boy said.
"Nice too meet ya." Mark said. "I'm Mark Cadillac. And Piloting the Grizzly over there is Lev Mikhail."
Jordan nodded, "There, see? Right over there!" he said as he pointed to where he could now see his friends at.
With Matthew
When Matthew and the others heard the sound of engines roaring, they looked up too see a Zaft made mobile suit land not to far from them. And it was soon followed by another mobile armor that transformed into a mobile suit.
'Please be on our side…' he though, and the Zaft suit opened its cockpit…revealing Jordan and a ZAFT red suit walking out, with them both riding down the cable. Once they were down, they rushed towards where they were.
"How bad is she?" Mark asked as he took out the First aid kit he grabbed from the cockpit.
"We managed too...too stop the bleeding from her arm…I think…" Scout muttered. "She still has a pulse, it was better than when we first found her…but she needs real help."
Mark nodded, and instantly went to work to make her stable enough for travel in a mobile suit.
"Geez, Jordan," Matthew muttered to his Brother. "You go get help, and bring back two mobile suits?"
Jordan just smiled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "I aim to please." He said. "I take whatever help I can get."
He then redirected his gaze at Sarah, who's eyes were fixed on the girl. "Sarah, you alright?" Jordan asked.
"Hm? Oh…ya, I'm fine, Jordan." Sarah said. "Just…I'm glad she's not gonna die."
"So am I." Jordan said with a smile.
"Ok, she's good." Mark said as she picked her up bridal style. "She'll come with Me, Scout and Jordan. The rest of you three will have too stay stuck with the Grizzly over there with Lev."
They nodded as Matthew, and Sarah moved too the Grizzly while Jordan and Scout headed for the GuAIZ, not before Jordan grabbed the girl's dismembered arm, with the hopes of reattaching it.
Next Day
Ryu and Kira's Room
When Kira awoke from her slumber the first thing she noticed was the absence of Ryu's presence next to her, turning her head she looked at the slight depression in the bed that showed the spot he was sleeping in and sighed a frown etched on her face. 'Ryu,' She thought to herself worriedly as she climbed out of the bed and went about her morning routine lost in thought 'The pilot we captured, she's his old fiance, his original love. Where will that leave me?'
Sighing she stepped out of her room and headed to the cafeteria to get some food and maybe find Athrun so they could talk.
When she was just about to the cafeteria, she ran into Lev along with five others she didn't recognize, four of whom were wearing Civilian clothes while the last one was wearing a ZAFT red combat suit 'Must be the pilot of the GuAIZ,' She thought to herself before forcing a smile onto her face and greeted Lev.
"Hello Lev, how are things going?" She asked in greeting her eyes flicking over to the four civilians and one ZAFT soldier.
"Not bad, although we recently picked up five civilians that were unable to get to the evacuation boats on time," He answered "We brought them and an injured civilian here"
Kira nodded in understanding and smiled gently at the nervous civilians "I see, well can you help get them set up in some rooms then Lev?" She asked "And how about you, Mr..?"
"Cadillac, Mark Cadillac," Mark said introducing himself "I'm the pilot of the GuAIZ, and formerly of ZAFT."
Kira's eyebrow rose "Formerly?" She queried curiously.
"It turns out that My GuAIZ was sabotaged," He informed "Being shot down was a godsend as my nuclear reactor was rigged to blow, and something like this wouldn't go unnoticed unless the mechanics were ordered to do so."
Kira and Lev frowned "That isn't good," She muttered "And with your proximity to Athrun... could Zala have planned this?"
Mark shrugged "No clue," He admitted "But it certainly would have pushed the war further if spun the right way."
"And Zala is good at spinning thing the way he like them." Lev agreed "Not good at all."
"Where is Athrun by the way?" She asked "I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet."
"I believe he's still in the hanger, talking with the princess." Lev answered "If you don't mind me asking, where's Ryu."
A brief pain filled look passed over Kira's face before she smoothed it out escaping almost everyone's attention "I think he's in the Med Bay," She replied forcing her voice to its usual cheerfulness "The pilot we captured was an old squadmate that he thought died."
While most missed the brief flash of pain that flickered past Kira's face, Mark had noticed it immediately but didn't say anything as he simply looked at her with a sympathetic gaze "Right, thanks for the heads up, we were just heading to the cafeteria to get these kids fed before assigning them quarters with permission from the Captain." Lev said gesturing to the four civilians.
"I wish you luck with that," Kira replied "If you'll excuse me."
The group stepped to the side allowing Kira to pass while Mark stared after her for a second before following the group as they headed for the cafeteria.
Kira continued to walk until she entered one of the deck platforms that was empty and rarely used and sat down at the railing her feet dangling off the edge as she tried to fight back the tears that were threatening to spill from her eyes 'Ryu's going to leave me isn't he?' She thought in pain 'After all, how can I compare to the original love... Ryu... it hurts so much... the thought of losing you.'
"Kira?" A voice asked causing the teen to jerk and look up to see Mu standing there with a concerned look on his face "What's wrong?"
Kira sniffed as she wiped the tears from her eyes "Nothing Mu," She chirped with false cheer only to wilt under his piercing look that showed he wasn't fooled he sat down next to her as she drew her knees up and wrapped her arms around them "I'm going to lose Ryu aren't I?" She asked Mu her voice cracking slightly "He's going to leave me isn't he?"
"Why do you say that Kira?" Mu asked shocked as he looked over at her.
"Because, your guy's old teammate is back, Ryu's fiance." She whispered in a defeated voice as more tears spilled out of her eyes.
Mu wrapped an arm around her shoulder and hugged her tightly "You haven't lost him Kira," Mu assured "Yeah Yuna was Ryu's first love, but you are his wife now, he had moved past Yuna and went forward with his life, he would never abandon what he has in the present for something in the past."
"But I don't want to tie him down to be because he's married to me," She said her voice cracking "He'll only come to hate me if I did that to him!"
"If you really believe that then you truly do not know Ryu!" A voice shouted from behind them. Turing the pair was surprised to see Drake standing there with an irritated scowl on his face and his arms cross along with Mark right behind him a small scowl on his own face "Ryu would never hate you for something as paltry as that!" Drake shouted.
"It's true," Mark agreed passionately "He has moved past Yuna after he thought she died, if he had even had a sliver of hope she survived he would not have married you, to him it's just a blessing that one of his precious people is back from the dead!"
"Kira, you should know him better then the three of us," Mu added ruffling her hair "Why are we having to tell you this?"
Kira sniffed as she wiped her eyes "Yeah, you're right," Kira agreed smiling brightly at the three men "I'm going to go find Ryu."
"He was in the hanger the last I saw of him!" Drake shouted as Kira ran down the hall giving a wave to show that she heard.
"Heh, those two certainly are a unique pair," Mu said as he stood up "A battle hardened soldier and a civilian conscript falling in love on a battle field and getting married during a last stand battle, sounds like a sappy chick flick!"
"It'll make for an interesting History class that's for sure!" Drake agreed as he let out a large belly laugh that was soon joined by chuckles from Mu and Mark.
Hanger
Ryu sighed as he wiped his forehead, he had been busy since early morning working not only on his Redemption but inspecting the remains of the Backdraft, Mark's GuAIZ and leading the maintenance crew with his usual iron wrench tactics (i.e. threatening them with said iron wrench). The Backdraft was trashed completely and utterly, no way around that. He had, however, managed to salvage the two beam sabers from the Backdraft and attached them to the Redemption's shield giving him a bit more for melee options than just the Heat Shotel. The GuAIZ however was a completely different story. 'You are one lucky bastard Mark,' Ryu thought as he looked to the GuAIZ where the mechanics were gingerly dissembling it 'If you ran that any longer, it would have blown, someone rigged the reactor to detonate after a certain period of time... Zala, why would he do that with his son so nearby?'
With Mark's GuAIZ out of action Ryu had come up with an idea and sent it off to Siegal for approval that he was waiting on now. "Hey Ryu!" He heard Kira shout as he looked down to see Kira at the Hanger entrance waving him over.
Ryu smiled as he set down the wrench he was holding and moved over to Kira "Hey Kira," He greeted softly before noticing the tear stains on her cheeks and her slightly puffy eyes "Are you alright?"
Kira smiled and nodded "I am now Ryu," She whispered hugging him burying her face into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her "I am now."
Ryu looked at her in confusion for a second before shrugging and kissed the top of her head tenderly "Well, if you ever want to talk about it, just let me know alright?" He said getting a smile and a nod from Kira as they continued to hold each other for a while.
"Have you been to see her yet?" Kira asked hesitantly.
Ryu looked away for a minute "No," He whispered softly "I haven't, I'm scared of what I'll see when I look at her, I'm scared of her blaming me just like Jin did."
Kira looked up at Ryu's tear filled eyes as he remembered his brother's last words
Flashback
"This is your fault, YOUR FAULT YOU HEAR ME!" Jin shouted angrily as the clock for the self destruct ticked away "YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!"
End Flashback
Kira softly cupped Ryu's face "It's not your fault Ryu," Kira assured in a quiet voice "You didn't force him to become that way, it was Blue Cosmos who did that to him, he allowed his own fears and hatred to consume him."
"But if I had actually searched the rubble... If I had tried I would have found him!" He sobbed as tears slid down his face.
"You don't know that!" Kira retorted quickly "Ryu, what has happened, happened, will beating yourself up over it bring him back at all, does it help at all? No it doesn't, it just makes you feel worse and prevents you from moving forward. We need you Ryu, so many people depend on you, I depend on you!"
Ryu hugged Kira close to him as he buried his face into her hair "Kira, you would not believe how much I depend on you." He whispered "Half the stuff I have done I would not have been able to do were it not for you. It's moments like this where you push me to continue on. Thank you Kira."
Kira smiled as she held him "Thank you Ryu," She whispered back as they stood there for a while enjoying each others warmth "C'mon, let's go to the infirmary, you can't put this off forever."
"Yeah, you right," Ryu agreed as they separated "I love you Kira."
"I love you too."
Infirmary
As Kira and Ryu walked into the infirmary they found the unconscious forms of two people on two different beds. One one side, was Yuna, who's body was shivering a bit (the side-effects from the drug withdrawal) with Drake at her side holding her hand, and on the other bed was a younger girl, who was missing her left arm from the elbow down.
"Who's that?" Kira asked Mark who was standing beside a group of civilians who were getting inspected by the ships doctor.
"No idea." Mark said. "When My GuAIZ was damaged, me and Lev found that kid over there running through the streets." He pointed at the Civilians "The boy said he and his friends were trying to make their way too the evacuation boats. They came across the girl and two other bodies who they guessed were her parents. She was barely alive when they found her, and they did what they could too keep her alive. From what the doctor said, if they hadn't done what they did, she probably would have died."
Kira nodded as she turned back towards the group of civilians, but she eyed one in particular. The boy that looked to be about as old as she was. He looked oddly familiar to her… that's when it hit her, and her eyes widened a bit.
'Those are those same civilians from earlier…' she thought. 'Wow, some small world.'
When the boy looked up, their eyes locked for a moment before he turned his gaze elsewhere, towards his friends.
Kira smiled a bit, and she walked up towards the group of civilians. "Hey, you four alright?" she asked.
The tallest out of the three, probably the boy's older brother, turned towards Kira, and nodded. "We're fine, Ma'am." He said. "We're just tired from all of the running we've done today."
Kira nodded as she turned back into the medical room where the girl lied. "That was a pretty brave thing you four did, to keep her alive."
"You really should be thanking Scout and Jordan." The youngest, a girl looking to be as old as Liz was said. "Jordan found her still alive, while Scout did most of the miracle work."
"I-I just saw her twitch a bit, is all…Scout did most of the work, I just ran to find help." Jordan said, both he and Scout blushing a bit at the praise.
"You all did an important part in keeping her alive when you didn't have too, and easily just could have left her." Kira said, smiling a bit. "By the way, I don't think I caught your names…?"
"J-Jordan Takeo." Jordan said.
"Sarah Lenix, Ma'am."
"Scout Lenix, I'm her older sister."
"And I'm Matthew Takeo, Jordan's older brother." Matthew finished.
"Nice too meet you all, I'm Kira Yamato." She said. "It's good to see you all alright after what almost happened to you in the city."
Sarah, Scout, and Matthew all blinked not quite understanding what she meant, however Jordan's eyes widened in realization. "Y-You were the one piloting that mobile suit with the blue wings!" He said, and the others eyes also widened.
Kira smiled and nodded. "Yup, that was me." She said. "Never would have expected to see any of you again though."
"Well, I guess none of us ever expected to meet you face-to-face either." Jordan said. "For what it's worth, thank you for saving us."
"No thanks is needed." Kira said. "I do what I can too keep people from dying, just like you did for that girl." She then turned around to where the girl laid. "By the way, do you know who she is?"
"Not a clue." Matthew answered. "She didn't have any identification on her. We…found who we guessed were her parents lying nearby…" The others winced a bit remembering that gory mess. "It…wasn't a pretty sight Ma'am."
"I understand." Kira said. "And stop calling me 'Ma'am', it makes me feel old, and I'm just 16. Call me Kira, and this is my husband Ryu"
The civilians eyes widened in shock at the proclamation as Ryu shrugged at their questioning eyes "We married young due to the war," He explained "We have yet to regret it though."
"Um…excuse me, Kira?" Jordan asked, catching her attention. "Can I ask you something?"
"Ya, what?" Kira replied.
"Um…what does…Gundam mean?" he asked, causing Kira too blink in surprise, and the others too give him a curious look.
"Gundam?" Sarah asked Jordan.
"On the forehead of your Machine, it had the word 'Gundam' engraved on it." Jordan explained. "What does that mean?"
"Oh, that!" Kira said. "I forgot Lowe wrote that on there…anyway, Gundam is actually an Acronym for the machine for General. Unilateral. Neuro-link, Dispersive Automatic. Maneuver. G.U.N.D.A.M."
"Oh…" Jordan said. "Was that other machine that you were fighting a Gundam too?"
"Yes, though it definitely wasn't one of our Gundams…despite it looking a lot like Chris's old Raven Gundam." Kira confirmed.
"You…wouldn't happen to have any spare Gundams or some other mobile suits on the ship, would you?" Jordan asked, while Ryu, who had been listening in on this conversation, rose an eyebrow as he glanced at Jordan.
"Well…why are you asking?" Kira asked, with a risen eyebrow.
"Well, since I know a bit about mobile suits…and since I'm a Coordinator-"
"Hell no!" Matthew shouted, interrupting Jordan. "I know what your gonna say, Jordan, but I'm not letting you pilot a mobile suit!"
Jordan then glared at His older Brother. "Matthew, this doesn't have anything to do with you!" he said, in a clearly aggravated voice.
"Yes it is!" Matt exclaimed. "You're my little brother, so you are my responsibility! If you got killed, not only would mom be heart-broken, but I would never forgive myself!"
"Matt, this is a lot bigger than just you and me!" Jordan shouted. "Orb is our home and I am not just sitting around doing nothing when I have a chance to save it!"
"Jordan, the only experience you have is from the simulator's Mom would let the four of us into when we were at Morgenroete." Matthew said. "You've never piloted a genuine Mobile suit before!"
"Theirs a first time for everything, isn't there?" Jordan said as he continued to argue.
Meanwhile Ryu and Kira watched as the two argue. "Remind you of anyone?" Ryu asked, while Kira nodded. "They...remind me a bit like ourselves..." She said in a whisper. "Four kids, caught in the crossfire of a war...all wanting to protect their home..." She then glanced at Ryu. "Should we..."
Ryu glanced back, and stepped forward towards the two. "Ok, break it up you two." He ordered "You want to be mobile suit pilots? Fine, but only if you pass my test."
Kira smirked as the civilians looked at him in shock "What?" Jordan asked "Really?"
"Of course," Ryu confirmed with a slight smirk "We have plenty of mobile suits, but not nearly enough pilots for them, however, I will not allow the deaths of civilians weigh upon me because of a poor choice. If you cannot pass my test, then you will not pilot a mobile suit." He moved over to the doorway "You want to pilot? Then follow me."
The civilian group stared in shock as Ryu walked out of the room "I'm going," Jordan announced "I'm not going to sit around while I have a chance to do something to defend our home."
"But dammit Jordan!" Matthew shouted desperately "What if you die? We already lost dad do you want me and mom to lose you too?"
"If I may," Kira interrupted surprising the two "I know of a very similar situation that you two are in, if Jordan really does want to do this Matthew you really can't do much to stop him, the only thing you can do is support him."
Mark sighed "I... I suppose you're right," He said "But I'm not letting you do it alone Jordan!"
Jordan nodded in agreement as the others stepped forward "We're fighting too," Sarah declared "We can't let you guys hog all the glory now can we?"
Jordan and Matthew blinked in surprise as their friends nodded in agreement while Kira descended into a fit of laughter. The group looked at her as she laughed "What's so funny?" Scout asked irritably.
Kira shook her head as calmed down slightly "A joke before your time," She assured "Just remembering something, that's all, c'mon, follow me."
The group followed Kira as she lead them through the hallways of the Archangel and into the Hanger where Ryu stood in a corner with a group of simulator pods "So everyone came huh, alright grab a pod everyone," He ordered as the group followed his orders "These pods have been loaded with the basic Astray outfit, you have a few minutes to familiarize yourselves with the controls before the test begins."
Simulated Battlefield
Jordan gasped slightly as his pod started up, it looked like he was in the middle of a chain of islands of vary sizes, although the largest was no where near the size of Onogoro Island. He caught sight of the others nearby him "Wow, this is awesome." He declared with a grin."The controls are similar too that Works GINN Mom let me pilot once."
"Just Remember Kid, These are Astrays, and they are way more advance than your average GINN." Ryu said as He and Kira appeared a distance away, both of them using Simulator variants of the Strike Astray, and Dragon-X.
Jordan blinked, not recognizing the suits. "Are those units your using Gundam's too?" He asked. "They don't look like the ones you used in the last battle..."
"That's because if we used those suits, you wouldn't stand a chance." Ryu said, with a chuckle. "Those suits are Nuclear Powered, so there better than any of the suits the EA tossed at us yesterday."
"NUCLEAR POWERED?" Jordan, Matthew, Sarah, and Scout shouted all at once. "Y-You mean the E.A Has Nukes now?"
"No! God, no!" Kira reassured. "My suit, the Freedom is a Zaft suit, while Ryu's suit the Redemption is a Terminal Suit using data from mine. The E.A does not have N-Jammer Canceler's."
Both ace pilots could hear three sighs in relief, but Jordan rose an eyebrow "So your telling me Zaft and Terminal have access to Nukes then?" he asked. "Well...I guess that's better than if the EA did." Jordan and his friends then got down to getting use to using their Astray's. Testing out their Beam Sabers, and rifles, jumping around, and getting a feel of fighting by some quick clashes with one-another.
Ryu, meanwhile, watched in interest as the four got use to their controls. Though he will admit they were a bit sloppy, they were quickly getting the hang of their suits. At the very least, they showed potential.
"Hey kid," Ryu said. "Your mother wouldn't happen to be Sutura Takeo, would she?"
"Ya, she is!" Jordan said. "You know her?"
"I met her during my stay on New Platea a few weeks ago." Ryu said, with a chuckle. "I can definitely see the resemblance..."
Jordan smiled a bit "Ya, everyone says I look like the perfect mix between my Mother and...Father." He said, with a sad sigh at the end.
Ryu rose an eyebrow at that "Who was your Father? If you don't mind me asking that is." he said.
"Our...Our Father was a Pilot for Zaft, and he piloted a CGUE during the Bloody Valentine." Matthew answered. "He colored his CGUE Blue and Red, mine and Jordan's favorite colors. During the battle, we heard he fought against The Dragon of Endymion, and his friend told us he lasted the longest against him before the E.A showed up with the Nukes."
Ryu's eyes slowly widened. He remembered fighting a Blue/Red CGUE with a Katana sword during the battle, who managed to take him on even though Ryu was going easy. and he helped Ryu take down the Nuclear Task Force when they showed up. But that means...
"From...what his Friend said, he stopped one of the Nukes from hitting one of the colonies by grabbing onto it, and forcing it to turn away..." Jordan said, and he closed his eyes. "He...died protecting the PLANT's from the E.A...he's the reason why I want to fight now. I want to protect my home...like how my dad tried to save his."
Ryu remembered seeing that happen...the CGUE grabbed onto the Missile and steered it away from the PLANT's. As he flew the nuke away, his suit riding on top of it, it accelerated away into the distance, and all Ryu could see was the blast from when the Nuke went off.
Ryu sighed in regret. "You...you father was a brave man." He said, "I remember fighting him during the battle well...he was the only one besides my friend Mark to manage to stand up against me in my X."
"Wait...you mean you're..." Sarah said, her eyes, and the others widening in shock.
"Ryu Yamato, formerly Hisanaga," Ryu said calmly "The Dragon of Endymion."
"Wait wait wait, dad went up against you and held his own?" Matthew asked in shock.
"One of the few who could," Ryu confirmed "But I can tell you about that later, right now it's time for your test." The civilians stiffened slightly in their cockpits "Your goal is to land a blow both on myself and Kira, it doesn't even have to be a critical blow either."
"Umm, isn't that a bit easy?" Scout asked in confusion.
Ryu and Kira laughed at the question with wide grins "Scout, Ryu and I have been in 50:2 against us odds if we can get beaten by 4:2 odds we'd become laughing stocks," Kira explained "I think we can handle ourselves, the real question is, can you handle us?"
"The test begins now!" Ryu announced as the Dragon-X leapt into the air the V crest sliding down as he leveled the Buster Rifle and opened fire causing the civilians to scatter.
Kira surged in easily catching up with the group with her more powerful boosters as she drew out her katana slashing at Sarah as she backpedaled desperately avoiding the sharp blade. With a shout Jordan shot forward drawing out his beam saber swinging it at Kira's back only to blink in surprise as she blocked it with her shield before she leapt back and opened fire with her gatling cannons causing Sarah to leap in front of him taking the shots on her shield.
"Dammit she's really good." Sarah cursed as her Astray slid back from the assault "And their mobile suits, they're powerful."
"Dammit I know," Jordan cursed as he fired at Kira only for her nimble suit to dodge out of the way and throw a boomerang at him "SHIT!"
Kira caught the boomerang as she surged forward throwing it again as she fired her plasma cannons forcing the pair to split up in order to dodge the attacks only for Sarah to run straight into the boomerang getting her shield arm cut off "Shit!" Sarah cursed as she corrected her flight path making up for the sudden loss of her arm "We're playing right into her hands, how does this keep happening?"
Jordan growled as he tried shooting at Kira again only for her to dodge out of the way with frightening ease as he tried to close in "Sarah, come at her from behind!" He shouted as he charged forward drawing his beam saber, "I got an idea."
Meanwhile, Scout and Matthew were squaring off against Ryu. Or more specifically, they were trying to not get blown to peices by his Buster Rifle and assault cannon. "How the hell can he have a gun like that?" Matthew demanded as he jumoed left, dodging a blast from Ryu's Beam Assault Cannon's.
"Hell if I know!" Scout shouted back as she fired her beam rifle, only for the shots to either be deflected off of Ryu's shield or dodged all together. "I just wish these things had more in the Range department...All we have are Beam Sabers and Rifles! And I'm not stupid enough to get all CQC with all those blades he's got!"
"Preaching to the choire there, Scout." Matthew said as they tried what they could to take him out.
'So, their trying to take me out at a distance?' Ryu thought to himself. 'Smart move, but It's not gonna work forever.' He then drew out his Beam Assault Rifle, and made a move against Scout, firing it as he charged. Scout fired her own beam rifle, but Ryu continued to dodge as he activated the Rifle's Heat Bayonette.
Scout jumped to the left, but Ryu tossed the Rifle at the area where she landed, but luckly the blade only hit the shield, cutting it in half.
"WHOA SHIT!" Scout shouted as she backed up.
"Scout! Duck!" Matthew called out, and she did that just in time to avoid Ryu swinging his Anti-ship heat shotel. Matthew then began firing his Beam rifle, attempting to distract Ryu while Scout tried to get some distance from Ryu's swords.
Back with Jordan, Scout and Kira, Jordan was using the buildings below as cover while Kira fired her Plasma Cannon's while also fighting off Sarah's one-armed Astray who was now only using a Beam Saber.
"Sarah! Try to distract her!" Jordan said. "I'm gonna take a shot!"
"Right." Sarah said as she moved in closer.
'If this works,' Jordan thought silently. 'I'll believe in god.'
Coming out of his Cover in the buildings, Jordan came out with both Beam Sabers in hand. Kira saw this, and turned to face him, however then Sarah came from behind, and Kira had to draw her Katana too stop her, this action removed what was left of her Astray's Shield arm.
However, Kira's cockpit shook violently and she turned around. 'What the hell?' She thought, as Jordan had managed to come up from behind, ditched his Beam Sabers, and now had the Strike Astray in a Double Shoulder Lock from behind.
"SARAH NOW!" Jordan shouted, and with her only arm, Sarah moved in for the Kill. Kira swore as she attempted to get out, at the last second she managed to get out of the shoulder lock, but was too late as Sarah's beam Saber missed the intended target of the cockpit, but instead sliced the head off of the Strike.
There was a full minute of silence between them untill...
"HELL YES! WE DID IT! WE DID IT SARAH!" Jordan cheered, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WORKED! I BELIEVE IN GOD NOW!"
Kira sighed "Well congrats for being able to behead me," She said teasingly "But the real challange starts now."
"Huh?" Jordan asked in confusion before a roared echoed over the radio channel "Oh no."
''Have fun dealing with the Dragon of Endymion." Kira announced as the Strike Astray disappeared.
"SCREW GOD!" Jordan shouted as he frantically dodged a pair of high power energy beams as the Dragon-X decended upon them closely followed by Matthew and Scout.
"So you two managed to defeat Kira eh?" Ryu asked as a grin appeared on his face "Then perhaps I should be a bit more serious about this."
"Huh?" Matthew asked in confusion "You.. weren't being serious this entire time?"
"Nope," Ryu announced in obvious pleasure "Now, enough chit-chat, let's finish this!"
Ryu drew out his two heast shotels forming them into a double bladed staff and attacked the civilians furiously amazing them as he managed to hold them all at bay despite them attacking from all angles as another distracted him with a frontal attack.
"Does he have eyes on the back of his head?" Scout asked in disbelief as he dodged a beam from behind.
"Just be glad he's not using that overpowered rifle of his!" Matthew retorted.
"An excellent Idea Matthew!" Ryu said, as the Dragon X then brought out it's Buster Rifle in its right hand, while holding the double-bladed sword in the other.
Jordan growled "...Matt I-"
"I know, I'll hit myself." Matthew said, followed by a small smacking noise.
"Firing 50%!" Ry shouted, as he fired a blast from his Buster Rifle, which was narrowly avoided by Scout and Matthew.
"HOLY FLYING MOTHER OF FUCK!" Jordan shouted on the Comm. "Just how much firepower do those Gundam things have?"
"And if that was just 50%..." Sarah said, with a bit of awe and fright in her voice as she and the others gulped.
"Ok guys, I don't think the same trick me and Sarah used on Kira is gonna work twice with Ryu." Jordan said, as he and his friend continued to attack Ryu. "Any Suggestions?"
"Personally, WHOA!" Scout said before she was interupted by dodging a blast from Ryu's Buster Rifle. "Damnit, Ok, I think we should take out that big old Rifle of his! It's really getting annoying!"
"And how do we do that big sis?" Sarah said as she tried to keep her distance from Ryu's Swords, but wasn't doing a very good job because of the Dragon X's superior speed."We go him outnumbered 4-to-1 and he's STILL kicking out asses!"
'Think...think...think!' Jordan continued to think of any theories to defeat the same man who not even his own Father could defeat...even though he managed to hold off against him. 'Come on dad, what would you do in a situation like this?' That was when an idea, a crazy and insane idea popped into his head. One that probably wouldn't work...but what else did he have to loose?
"Guys...I think I have an idea." He said. "It's pretty Crazy...and it probably won't work, but here it is." He then explained his Plan.
"Your right, it is Crazy, and it would NEVER work!" Matthew said as he fired his beam Rifle at Ryu, only for him to dodge.
"Well, do you have any ideas?" Scout said. "We're almost out of energy, so I think it's worth a shot."
Matthew sighed, "Alright, Sarah get ready to Grab Ryu's Buster Rifle while the rest of us distract him." Matthew said. "Toss it to Scout, and she'll hopefully figure out how to fire the damn thing."
"Alright, let's go!" Jordan shouted as he charged forward with Matthew and Sarah.
Ryu's P.O.V
Ryu's eyebrow rose as he watched the trio charge him 'Now what are you planning?' He wondered with amusement as he raised his rifle "75% charge, firing!" He shouted as he fired a blast causing them to scatter as they came at him from different directions "Oh?" 'Man, I am seriously channeling Rau right now.'
Onboard ZAFT sub off the coast of ORB
Rau sneezed suddenly getting looks of concern from the crew "Someone is talking about me." He growled as his eyes narrowed behind his mask 'Great, now I have snot in my mask.'
With Ryu
Ryu blocked Matt's beam saber with his staff before kicking Sarah as Jordan tried to grab his Buster Rifle "Nice try, but not quite enough." Ryu annouced as he suddenly pulled away from Matt who suddenly surged forward free of an opposite force that caused him to collide with Jordan sending them tumbling to the ground "Tough luck there."
"Yeah it is." Scout shouted as she swooped in kicking the arm that held the Buster Rifle causing his suit to lose its grip on it and it fell "Alright!" Scout cheered as she grabbed it out oof the air and syched it to her suit and aimed at Ryu "Charge 25%..."
'I could detonate the Buster Rifle with the failsafe,' He thought as his hand hovered over the detonatation button before sighing and moving his hand away 'Nah, I'll give them this win.'
"Firing!" Scout shouted as she pulled the trigger firing the rifle inadvertently causing her arm to buckle from the force of it as the beam fired nailing Ryu's arm as he tried to move out of the way.
"We... we hit him..." Sarah said in shock "WE HIT HIM! WE HIT THE DRAGON OF ENDYMION!"
"YES! HELL YES! WE'RE AWESOME!" Jordan cheered.
Ryu chuckled "Well, looks like you win." he said "Though your a little sloppy, you all show facinating potential as Mobile Suit pilots. We'll tidey up your fighting style later, for now, you can offically call yourselves Rookiee Mobile Suit Pilots."
Jordan smiled as the screens turned blank. 'We did it...we really did it...I'm a Mobile Suit Pilot...just like dad was.' He then looked up. 'Dad, if your watching up there...I hope I'm making you proud.'
Once he exited the Simulator, He was greeted by his friends along with Ryu and Kira. "Well, congragulations, kids." Ryu said. "You passed the test. And as I promissed, you can now be pilots of four of the Astray's we have."
"Of course, you still need some brushing up on your skills." Kira said. "But it shouldn't be to hard for you four."
"For now, I think it's time to show you your Machines." Ryu said, with a grin. "Also, I'll give you a list of different weapons and upgrades you can use to customize your suits to your spesifications. And maybe if we have time, we can even color them however you want." His grin dropped "But I will warn you now, in a real battle the enemy will not go easy on you and allow you to steal their weapons, I could have forced you all into the water where your beam technology could not work and I could use the DRAGOON Fangs, just remember not to get cocky, after all, that was the easiest part."
"That was the easiest?" Scout asked nervously "Do I even want to know what the hardest thing is?"
A shadow flickered over Ryu and Kira's face "Surviving." Was all Kira said before she walked away closely followed by Ryu leaving a quartet of confused Rookies behind.
END CHAPTER
OoOoOoO
Things Not To Do On The Archangel
Rule # 48: Don't get between Jordan and Cold Root Beer
Mu: *while drinking root beer* Hey Ryu, thanks for the Root Beer. Where did you get this much?
Ryu: Ah, found it in one of the unused Quarters on the Archangel
Mu:…please tell me you didn't get it from the room next door too Jordan's.
Ryu: …what If I did?
*Explosions*
Jordan: WHERE THE FUCK IS MY ROOT BEER?
Mu: Oh Shit, Ryu Run!
Ryu: *Laughs* You're the one drinking it!
MBF-M1 Astray Jordan Custom
Unit type: Custom General Purpose Mobile Suit
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Sensors, range unknown;
Fixed Armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted in head; 2 x Beam Sabers, mounted in flight pack, hand-carried when in use; Musashi-III Katana Sword, mounted on waist, hand-carried when in use;
Optional fixed Armaments: Integrated Weapon Shields, mounted on left forearm, Variants includes Missile shield (4x missile pods, 5x Hydra-class missiles per pod); 'Trikeros' Shield (50mm high-energy beam rifle; beam saber; lancer darts) 'Scylla' shield ('Scylla' 580 mm energy cannon); 'Combine' shield (30mm 6-barrel Gatling Machine Gun; "Midas Messer" Beam Boomerang)
Optional Armaments: Type 71 Beam Rifle; Bazooka;
Known Pilot(s): Jordan Takeo
Colors: Its color scheme is the same as the Strike's
Notes: When Jordan, along with his friends, offered to help Orb however they could, Jordan asked if they had any spare mobile suits left. They had a Few MBF-M1 Astray's without pilots, so the four all took one of them, and after adding their own customizations to them, fought for Orb and Terminal. For Jordan's customizations, he took the Integrated Weapons Shields from the Original Dragon, and made it so his Astray was compatible with them, as well as adding a single Musashi Katana sword.
MBF-M1 Astray Matthew Custom
Unit type: Custom General Purpose Mobile Suit
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Sensors, range unknown; Mirage Colloid; High-power Sniper Camera
Fixed Armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted in head; 2 x Beam Sabers, mounted in flight pack, hand-carried when in use; 2 x Musashi-III Katana Sword, mounted on waist, hand-carried when in use;
Optional fixed Armaments: "Panzer Eisen" Rocket Anchor, mounted on left forearm;
Optional Armaments: MA-22Z prototype high-density beam sniper rifle; Beam Scythe;
Known Pilot(s): Matthew Takeo
Colors: Mostly Black with Gold and Red Trimming
Notes: Matthew's custom Astray Unit, based heavily off of the Blitz and a bit from the Dragon. It has two Musashi swords, can carry a Panzer Eisen rocket Anchor from the Sword Strike, and can also use a Sniper Rifle, and/or a Beam Scythe. It was also given Mirage Colloid, and a High-Power sniper Camera for when the Sniper Rifle is in use.
MBF-M1 Astray Scout Custom
Unit type: Custom General Purpose Mobile Suit
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Sensors, range unknown;
Fixed Armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted in head; 2 x Beam Sabers, mounted in flight pack, hand-carried when in use; 120mm Anti-Ship Vulcan & 2 x 350mm Gun Launcher, mounted on right shoulder;
Optional fixed Armaments: Combine Shield (Midas Messer Beam Boomerang, 30mm 6-barrel Gatling Gun), mounted on left forearm;
Optional Armaments: "Agni" 320mm Hyper Impulse Beam Cannon
Known Pilot(s): Scout Lenix
Colors: Dark Green with black trimming
Notes: This is Scout's own Astray Unit. She based it off of the armaments of the GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Striker, while also having the option of using the Combine Shield from the IWSP Striker.
MBF-M1 Astray Sarah Custom
Unit type: Custom General Purpose Mobile Suit
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Sensors, range unknown;
Fixed Armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted in head; 2 x Beam Sabers, mounted in flight pack, hand-carried when in use; 1 x Murasame Combo Unit, mounted on right arm, extended when in use; 2 x "Armor Schneider" combat knives, stored in shoulders, hand-carried when in use;
Optional fixed Armaments: Shield, mounted on left forearm;
Optional Armaments: Type 71 Beam Rifle;
Known Pilot(s): Sarah Lenix
Colors: Aqua Blue with White limbs and head
Notes: This is Sarah's own Astray unit. She had a gut feeling that she should have a CQC Unit, so she used some of the extra equipment left from the old Dragon X, and added them too her Astray.