Heaven and Hell
Chapter 10: Deadly Hellfire
Ron's Morgan landed in the Katharon base in the Middle East.
He removed his helmet and left the Mobile Suit.
He looked at the GN Flags that used his Mk II GN drives.
"I see my GN drives are in good hands."
Some Katharon members looked at the Colonel.
"You gave us those GN drives?"
"I design 'em, I make 'em and I supply them to people like you guys."
He was proud of his GN drives.
"Did you design the GN drives used by Celestial Being?"
"I may be good, but I only improved the design. It was, for lack of a better term, the less stealthy engine I've ever seen."
Then Tieria, still wearing his helmet, punched the Colonel in the head. Again, his fist was broken. (AN: It seems that's a running gag in this series: punch Ron in the head, break your hand)
"How dare you?"
"Hey, I'm telling the truth. If you have eyes, you can see GN particles miles away!"
Ron turned and punched Tieria, breaking his helmet.
"Punch me again, your suit becomes mine. Got it?"
'In the world of the new Earth for the Colonials, there's no room for any Innovades. Well, Hiling's the only one I can afford, because I like her.'
Ribbons and all the others, including Tieria, were on his Death List.
They entered the meeting room, and Ron sat out, looking at the design for a support fighter: GN 0 Raiser.
He was one of the designers, (when isn't he involved?) he had the designs for the damned thing.
He was doing some modifications to the design, making the copy capable of docking with the Morgan.
'Chaos 00 Raiser... Setsuna, I should thank you.'
His Morgan was dying, but the escape system would let the cockpit, the Strike Freedom Pack and the GN drive escape the destroyed suit.
He left the room, nearly tripping over the children entering the room.
"I'm heading to Lagrange 3. My back up suit needs some work."
"Back up suit?"
Ron looked at Sumeragi.
"The Morgan's 15 years old. There are so many cracks in the frame, I'm surprised the damn thing can get off the ground. Just goes to show my design work can last, despite lack of proper maintenance."
He left the Katharon base, thinking for his back up suit, the ADF-X01A Morgan. It was a combination of the original Morgan, as of 2311 A.D, and the Exia.
The people at CB were good designers: it was a damned shame.
Three days later
While the Meisters were fighting the A-LAWS forces under his command, Ron visited the CB production facility.
Hiling, now engaged to the 72-year old Colonel, was tinkering with Ron back up mobile suit.
"Right is tighter, Hiling."
She turned to see her Colonel land on the suit's cockpit hatch.
"Ron!"
"How's the Morgan?"
"Powerless, as always."
"Memento Mori will destroy the original MS body, but my custom parts will return to this facility."
"You mean the cockpit, the Strike Freedom's wings and the Mk III GN drive?"
Ron walked over to an area where no one was looking. "How's the Mk IV?"
"Still being built. The Morgan was not designed for this kind of power."
"I've upgraded the airframe to handle any and all power the drive can put out."
He removed his helmet and kissed her on the lips.
"Even Trans-Am."
"Does that mean-"
"I've found out how to make the drives after the Mk Is use Trans-Am. No one, not Celestial Being, not even the Innovators, will stop my plan for a Colonial rebirth." "Does that mean you'll...kill me?"
Ron slapped her.
"Never think that. I've just got to destroy the others. You're the only one that should live."
She rubbed her cheek.
"I'm sorry, Hiling."
"I just thought you would kill me."
She was his, and no one was going to stop his plan for Earth.
CBS-74 Ptolemaeus II
After recovering Allelujah and his old girlfriend, Ron returned with the Morgan.
He sighed as he looked at the cracks in the airframe.
They ranged from small to large: all legacies of the battles with the Cylons, the Gundams from his universe, the MSs in the 'verse in was in now and the lack of maintenance.
It was going to die, but he'd give it a death worthy of the Pinkerton Family.
Memento Mori was a WMD of his design, based on the GENESIS series of superweapons from CE Earth.
And just as powerful.
Then the four Gundams arrived back on the ship. Setsuna got out of the 00 and ran over to the Colonel.
"What are you doing?"
"The cracks. Look at them."
Setsuna looked at the Morgan's structural damage.
"This Mobile Suit went through many battles. These cracks are battle scars. I'd like the Morgan to be put in a museum, but with the damage, she won't survive another month."
"She?"
Ron chuckled.
"It's an old military thing. Ships, fighters, bombers; they're all girls. The Morgan was named after Morgan Le Faye, so the name's female, at least."
"Morgan Le Faye?"
"I sent 20 years on Earth before the Fall and even I know the Legend of King Arthur Pendragon. Morgan was his half-sister."
Setsuna looked at the Colonel.
"The Fall?"
He sighed.
Talking about the Fall was not one of his strongsuits.
"It's short for The Fall of the Colonies. 12 worlds, all nuked to death by the Cylons. That's what Celestial Being should be: an Earth defense force. The Cylons wouldn't stand a chance against you."
"What are the Cylons?"
"Oh, shit. Well, they're..."
Later that night
Setsuna was walking through the hallways of the ship.
There was blood all over the walls, the doors were jammed open.
And then there were the screams.
Felt, Sumeragi, Tieria, Allelujah, Marie, Lockon, even the Colonel.
Then he saw the object of his fears: a chrome-plated monster taller then him, holding the Colonial equivalent of the TEC-9.
It was a War-era Cylon Centurion.
He was afraid of it. It was covered in both dents from weapons fire and blood.
He raised his weapon and fired, but the Cylon just walked toward him, dropping the TEC-9 and a switchblade knife popped out of its' arm.
It wanted to kill him.
He backed up until he was up against the wall.
Then...he woke up.
Screaming, I might add.
Tieria and Lockon ran into the room, guns drawn.
Tieria saw that Setsuna was in a cold sweat, and he was scared.
"You had a nightmare."
"I told him a ghost story."
Both turned to see the Colonel in the hall.
"What kind of ghost story?"
"He wanted to know what the Cylons were, so I told him. Evidently, that was a mistake."
"The great Colonel Pinkerton making a mistake?"
"He used to be a child solider. I thought he could handle it. Apparently, I was wrong. It does happen. With Leesa Kujo's bullshit plans, it's a wonder we survive."
"Leesa Kujo?"
"That's Sumeragi's real name. And yes, I got it from Veda before it went kaput."
Setsuna got up.
"I need a drink."
"So, what did he tell you?"
He handed them a notepad.
"Keep it; I don't want it any more."
He ran off.
When the pair read it, they saw why Setsuna had nightmares: a 6'6 chrome plated killing machine.
"Ok, now that we know about this-"
"We'll be fine. The Cylons don't exist here."
"Ron got here, so the Cylons could too."
Tieria walked back to his cabin and went to sleep.
His first dream was a near-copy of Setsuna's: running from Cylon Centurions trying to kill him.
He had good reason to run: they were strong and deadlier then the Colonel, and that man was impossible to kill!
His screams were heard throughout the ship.
Mileina Vashti entered his room, worried about the Innovade Meister.
"Are you ok?"
Then Ron walked by.
"For the love of the Colonial Gods, shut the hell up! People are trying to sleep here!"
The bridge officer picked up the notebook and read it.
She dropped it and ran to her room.
An hour later, her screams were heard.
Ron, pissed off and sleepy, was the first to arrive.
"WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP? I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"
Then he noticed a notepad on the floor in front of him.
He chuckled at the fact that he started it.
'I've given three-'
"AHH!"
'Four people Cylon-phobia.'
When he pulled his trump card out, the Meisters would be pissing their pants.
Updated 09/14/10
You just know this won't end well.
When the Cylon Raiders show up and start shooting, those four people will freeze up, letting Ron attack them and, for lack of a better term, kick their asses.
Adama: "CHRISSSS, I WANT TO EAT YOUR LIVER WITH SOME FARVA BEANS, AND A NICE CHIANTI." (Image of Christina Sierra in the Spencer Mansion, running from the zombie form of Forest Speyer, screaming) Athrun: "(laughs) You're a sick, sick bastard." (The others are laughing their asses off) Adama: "I love this job." Christina: "Forest, don't make me shoot you!" Adama: "YOU CAN'T KILL CHRISSSS, I AM STRAPPED WITH EXPLOSIVES. IF YOU SHOOT ME, WE BOTH DIE!" Shinn: "We should've never given you that computer and the internet that came with it."
Resident Evil: Run Forest Run: Watch it. Laugh. Watch it again.
Next Time: Ron's suit gets blown to fuck and back by Memento Mori and the birth of Chaos 0 Raiser.
Before we go the Chaos 0 Raiser can and will dock with the new Morgan, and it has two Mk III GN drives that act like the ones on the 00, giving the Morgan three GN drives. It might be able to destroy 00. that's never a good thing.
Ja Ne, Everybody! And for the love of God, please review!