Between Char's Counterattack (UC0093) and Gundam F-91 (UC0123). It is the year UC0098, five years after the events of Char's Counterattack. The last Neo Zeon formation created yet another Titan team, and thus a new AEUG was formed. A final uprising has begun for the Zeon forces, this will be their last stand, and it is now all or nothing!
Frame 37: Love & Trust
"Gem!" shouted Elly, waking up abruptly which caused Sam to fall out of his chair. "Are you alright?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. She began to look around seeing that she was the Medic quarters meaning that they must be in Mount Kilimanjaro.
"Yeah…yeah, I'm fine," he said while getting up gently. She looked over at the stranger.
"I've…seen you around before. At the former base," said Elly. Sam fixed his red hair and walked over, sitting down on the edge of Elly's bed.
"You had a nasty spill," he said.
"That twisted bitch killed Gem."
"Gem? Who's he?" asked Sam.
"He was a friend, my best friend," said Elly, squeezing her cover sheets tightly.
"You have to let him go. I had to learn that the hard way. If he willingly gave up his life for you, that means he wanted you to live. He wants you to live and have the future you deserve. Exhale that anger and hatred and inhale…" Suddenly Sam placed his hand on Elly's left hand which caught her by surprise as they soon started to share a strange Newtype experience.
Sam was caught off guard by sparkling energy that swam around them. Everything faded around them and there was nothing, but space and the stars of the cosmos. Elly breathed deeply, her headache dissolving, her temples ceased throbbing, her chest expanded, and she could breathe more easily.
Elly and Sam were joined; she could feel his strength inside her head, smoothing every wrinkle of emotion, mending out every knot of fear, every snarl of anger and grief. She probed deeper and deeper, and willingly he let her. He mended and healed away the pain and hurt until they were almost in a trance when,
"Hey Elly are…" stopped in Chorizo which caused Sam to take his hand off Elly's shoulder. Everything formed back to normal although both Elly and Sam felt a bit dazed and yet so much better.
"Did I interrupt something?" asked Chorizo.
"No, no…" said both Elly and Sam. Chorizo came in and said,
"Kaprees is having a bit of trouble configuring the VF-01's variable position verniers to suit Earth's gravity."
"Just tell him to switch the output and the reader should do the rest," answered Elly.
"Thanks, will do," said Chorizo, leaving the room.
"I better go too," said Sam. For some reason beyond her understand, a part of her wanted him to stay, but he walked out before she could find the words to stop him.
A few yards away, Lieutenant-Commander Andrew Harmonica Pendragon was traveling in what was called the Balboa, a land battleship. The Balboa was heading for Mount Kilimanjaro as three smaller land battleships roamed by its side.
"Our mission is to take down Kilimanjaro. Your mobile suits are design for ground and space so watch yourself with this snowy weather," explained Rene on the speakers.
"So this is it," said Verin, looking at the window.
"We should start getting ready," said Andrew to him.
Elly came out wearing long brown stockings, black and white shoe boots, and a long white and black shirt that fitted her body perfectly. She tied her long brown hair in a ponytail, seeing Sam sitting down on some stairs by himself.
"Sam Kushara right?" she asked while walking over to him. People were moving back and forth trying to hurry things along. "Hi, I'm Elly…we wasn't properly introduce."
"Hey…is it alright for you to be up? You don't want to push yourself too hard," he said caringly.
"I'll be okay. Work puts my mind to rest," she admitted.
"You know I'm on my break and would love to see what a technical scientist do," he said with a grin and then extended his had. She looked down at it and then back at him, pondering if she should take it.
"Sure…I would love to show you," she said and grabbed his hand, pulling him up. Their hands stayed held and she showed him around.
"I'm a technical scientist working for Mao Industries."
"Oh yeah, founded by Ring Mao," added Sam.
"Yes. I help make new weapons and other things for Newtype mobile suits," she explained. She pointed around in and there and explained more in detail what she does.
"I'm sorry, but you have the lamest job I know," laughed Sam.
"Heyyy! I love my job," she said with a grin.
"Well I give you credit for that. Not too many people can still say that now a days," said Sam.
Suddenly the ground started to rumble as sirens blared up.
"They're here," said Sam.
"You're going to fight?" asked Elly.
"I have to," he said.
"You…you can't. Everyone I come into contact with ends up dead," confessed Elly becoming a little teary eyed.
"Do you trust me?" asked Sam.
"What?"
"Do you trust me?" he asked again.
"Yeah…yes I do," said Elly, going with her feelings. Without warning Sam pulled on Elly's hand which sent her into his chest and he leaned in and kissed her, as her thoughts whirled. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him as passionately as she knew how, pulling him closer. In that moment all she wanted was to be with him, to never be apart.
"Now I have something to come back to," he whispered gingerly and dropped her hand and ran toward his mobile suit.
"Elly! C'mon, we need you," yelled Kaprees over the noise.