Mobile Suit Rwby

by CT7567Rules

When dust and weapons aren't enough do handle the Grimm and the returning darkness, Huntsmen and Huntress's will need to step up their game with a weapon of great power. With these Gundams in their hands, the Grimm will be nothing to them and one man will prove that the strongest weapon, is a simple soul. Challenge by Marka Ragnos629, uses characters and machines from all series.

21. Friends and Fighters

Come on people, I need some reviews. I work hard on this story and have posted twenty chapters, which adds up to one hundred twenty-five thousand, seven-hundred and eighty-two words. Reviews are up to thirty-one and many of you haven't even dropped a review. What? Is it because of some of the SD Gundam material? Maybe some of you don't know, but it was released to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Gundam series and was a means to introduce Gundam to the western world.

Sure, it's a little childish but its still a good anime in my book. Plus, since I am using primarily the Soul Drive from the anime, that should be enough or do all you want me to destroy the Soul Drive for good?

Onto the reviews.

To the guest that reviewed my story, I want to say thank you. As to your reviews, Neo is more or lese Roberts adoptive sister. His biological sister is still missing. As for the Moon Gundam Custom, this is the first I've heard of that mobile suit and while it does sound interesting, I think I'll have Jaune keep the Narrative, but if you have an idea of who should pilot the Moon Gundam please let me know.

Anyways, this chapter like the one before it will be the combination of Extracurricular and the first part of The Burning Candle with a twist. Plus, you'll be seeing an original mobile suit I came up with for the first time.

Disclaimers are the same as before, so please enjoy and please leave a review.

Chapter 21: Friends and Fighters

Everyone in attendance of combat class watched in awe as Pyrrha mopped the floor with Team CRDL without so much as loosing any part of her aura. "And that's the match." Glynda said as the invincible girl offered her hand to Cardin who excepted his defeat with humility.

Pulling himself up with Pyrrha's aide, Cardin smiled. "Looks we've got a lot more to learn." The boy said.

"That's the kind of attitude that I expect to see from someone who lost their fight." Glynda said with a smile. She then turned to Pyrrha and praised her skills. "Well done, Miss Nikos, you should have no problem qualifying for the tournament."

"Thank you, professor." Pyrrha replied before she turned towards Jaune who smiled at her. Pyrrha's face went a little red while she smiled back at the boy who captured her heart.

"Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match." She began and started to look for volunteers. "Ms. Belladonna." She said, causing Blake to close her book and look towards her teacher. "You've been rather docile for the past few classes. Why don't you…" she started before Mercury volunteered.

"Very well then, lets find you an opponent." Glynda said somewhat reluctantly and started looking for an opponent. Somehow, Robert noticed that Mercury was looking towards Pyrrha like he wanted to fight her. His suspicions of Mercury and his team still bothered him so before he could pick Pyrrha out, he jumped.

"I'll do it." He said.

"Very well then." Glynda said in agreement, much to Mercury's displeasure.

Leaving all his weapons but his wrist blade outside the arena and waited for Glynda to begin the match. Once the match started, Mercury lunged forwards with a kick to Robert forcing the leader of Team RATH to activate his blade and block the attack. The block caused Mercury to fall on his back before the silver haired boy leapt back to his feet and brought his left leg up and to everyone's surprise fire off a few rounds.

Robert quickly dodged the blasts, taking mental notes as he dodged his opponent's attacks. 'Those boots are a lot like Yang's gauntlets, but his fighting style is completely different then hers.' He thought before he brought his blade up and blocked a drop kick from his opponent.

In the stands, Ruby complimented to Emerald about her partners skills, to which Emerald only gave a fake smile. The rest of Team RATH noticed that something about this fight was odd while Domon walked in and took noticed of Mercury's skills as well.

Now it was Robert's turn to go on the defensive. Using his right leg, he swept Mercury off his feet and gave the silver haired boy a side kick to the ribs before giving him an uppercut. These blow's made Mercury's aura dropped a bit.

Unfazed, Mercury tried another drop kick but Robert caught the kick with his hands and felt something cold underneath his opponent's pants. 'This feels like…' he thought before he was pushed back by his opponent. Looking towards his opponent, he waited for their next move when much to his surprise, Mercury forfeited the match, claiming that his opponent was far more skilled then he was since his father was a soldier, his skills were nowhere near the level of his opponent.

Glynda then suggested to Mercury that he pick his opponents more carefully before the final bell rang, which woke Blake up who had fallen asleep. "That is all for today. And remember, the dance is this weekend, but you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not expect any excuses." Glynda said as the students filed out of her class room. She was about to follow suit when she spotted Domon. "Something on your mind?" she asked.

"That boy, his skills are far more than those of a student. He's had prior training." Domon answered.

Meanwhile, Ruby, Yang and Weiss were trying to convince Blake to go to the dance on Sunday, despite her already telling Sun who had asked her earlier that afternoon the same thing. Blake didn't feel like going to the dance seeing as she was more concerned about the White Fang and their connection with Torchwick.

From what they gathered, the White Fang had a hideout in the southeast, Vale was the primary target for dust robberies in the last few months and the missing military tech they gathered was the biggest concern.

"But there are still so many unanswered questions!" Blake argued. Again, her teammates told her that she should at least take a break from investigating the situation, especially since her grades were suffering greatly. Not even the mention of Yang and Wiess taking over Team CFVY's efforts to set up for the dance could convince her to go and have some fun and she just went to the library.

"Seems like your friend thinks she has to fix things all on her own." Domon said as he walked into the room.

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"You all know that Blake's father founded the White Fang as a way to bring peace between humans and the Faunus through peaceful methods." Domon began looking at Blake's bunk. "While their efforts were somewhat successful, there were those in and out of the White Fang who wanted faster results and her father stepped down as leader giving way to a new leader who deemed violence the only way to get their message across. Blake see's that if she hadn't left the group, she would have been able to stop them from working with Torchwick. Even if she stayed, they would still be working with Torchwick." He added.

"Then how do we get her to stop overworking herself?" Weiss asked.

Domon then turned to Yang. "I think I have an idea." He said with a smile. Yang noticed this and smiled as well. "Real fighters communicate with their fists and I think its time for my pupil and her friend to have a little sparring match." He added.

Yang's smile grew and once Domon got permission from Ozpin to use one of the special arena's developed for the Gundam Fight part of the Vytal Festival. The following morning, the Shining MK2 and Shadow MK2 stood in the area as the protective barrier was activated. Ruby, Weiss and the rest of the Shuffle Alliance along with Team JNPR and Team RATH were present. "Blake doesn't look like she's at one hundred percent. She can barely keep her eyes open." Jaune noted.

"Maybe she needs pancakes!" Nora exclaimed.

"No, she doesn't need pancakes. What she needs, is to not stress herself over what you five discovered. She feels like she needs to handle this on her own, believing that she's the only one who can stop the White Fang." Argo corrected.

"The way she's acting, she'll end up getting herself killed in battle. Sure, the Gundam Fight isn't real war but people can still get hurt, some even die." Chiboode added.

"Mousier Chiboode, Sai Saici and myself acted in a similar way after we were exposed to DG Cells. The experience left us not feeling like our usual selves. However, we learned to overcome that experience and a lot of did it with the help of those we call friends and family. It also helped us become better fighters." George said in agreement.

"Well if that's the case for us, then what about Blake? What is about her that makes her feel like she needs to handle this whole thing on her own? I mean, I know she used to be part of the White Fang and her father was the former leader and all but it feels like there's more to this then she's letting on." Sai Saici reminded the others.

The others nodded in agreement and could only ponder what the reason was as they watched the two team members spar.

(Fighter starts)

Bring up its left fist, the Shining MK2 landed an uppercut on the Shadow MK2's head before its Vulcans and Machine Cannons opened up sending a volley of rounds towards Blake's machine which dodged more slower than usual. "Come on, Blake. You've got to keep your focus or else you won't last long in the tournament." Yang said.

"You think I don't know that? I've studies on how to operate a Gundam with the mobile trace system." Blake snapped before she threw her throwing knives at Yang, only for them to be shot down by numerous Vulcan rounds. "What is this all about Yang? I've got other things to do!" she added.

"Other things like focusing on the White Fang and running yourself ragged because you feel like you're responsible? Seriously Blake, you need to stop this, it's not healthy for you." Yang said as she opened up with her 200mm wrist guns sending explosive rounds towards the Shadow MK 2.

This time, Blake reacted quickly enough and dodged the rounds before she activated her wrist blades and charged towards Yang. One of her blades hit the Shining across the chest but the other one was blocked by one of Yang's beam sabers. "You don't know what I've been through! I can't stop now; I have to stop Torchwick and get to the bottom of this!" Blake responded, pushing Yang and her Gundam back a few feet.

"I know exactly what you're going through! I've been in the same position you were in when I wanted answers about my mother!" Yang shot back. She then told Blake about her mother, her last mission and how she wanted find her and ask why she had abandoned her, Ruby and her their father. "I was so wrapped in my search I nearly got Ruby and myself killed when I was looking for answers. My stubbornness should have gotten us killed that day, but it didn't." she added.

"If you think by telling me that story will get me to stop…" Blake began before she drew her pistol sword and clashed again with Yang's beam saber.

"I'm not telling you to stop! I haven't stopped either, but I haven't let my search for answers take control of me like you have. Tell me, if Roman Torchwick showed up right now, what would you do!?" Yang demanded, her eyes turning red.

"I'd fight him!" Blake answered only be knocked down by a sweep kick from Yang.

"You'd lose! You can't even stop me! I get it, you feel like the White Fang is your problem, but why do you need to feel like you have to do this on your own!" Yang demanded. Blake said nothing and kept on defending herself. "You're fighting yourself and your losing! If you keep this up, you won't be able to do anything about the White Fang!" she added.

"I will stop them!" Blake responded only to lose her weapon.

"You left them, didn't you?" Yang questioned. "You ran away!" she added.

"You're wrong!" Blake shouted.

"Then what's the truth!?" Yang demanded.

(End song and start Shining Finger theme)

"The truth, is I left because I saw that my parents were right." She said distraught and got back to her feet. "My mother! My father! They were right! The group my father founded wasn't what they wanted it to be!" she added.

Yang and everyone in attendance was taken aback but what she said. "I fought for the group that wasn't what we were supposed to be. We were meant to get our equal rights through peace, but then we turned to terrorism. Many of the people I fought with believed we were doing the right thing!" She shouted, picking up her sword and clashed with Yang again.

"I thought we were doing the right thing, but then we attempted to rob that train and my partner was willing to kill the crew of the train even after we got what we wanted. I couldn't stay, so I ran away! I had no choice! I was helping in lighting the spark for a war!" she cried out and kept swinging her sword at Yang.

"I wanted to stop it, I had to stop it and I spoke out against our actions, but when I did no one would listen to me! They were convinced that this was the only way to get what we wanted; I didn't want to be a part of that!" she cried out.

Hearing what Blake said, Yang realized her teammate wasn't going to stop fighting and had no choice. Tapping into her semblance, her entire machine glowed pure gold and several panels on its armor opened up. "This hand of mine shines and roars! Its bright cry tells me to defeat you!" she shouted and shot forwards towards Blake's machine. "Shining Finger!" she roared and grabbed the head of the Shadow MK2, destroying its head.

(End song)

"I never once asked you to stop, but all I want if for you to get some rest. Not just for yourself, but for the people you care about." Yang said as Gundam's super mode deactivated and her hand stopped glowing. The protective barrier than shut down and Yang pulled her teammates machine back to its feet. "And if you feel like coming out on Sunday, I'll save you a dance." She added.

A couple of days passed and Blake was starting to be like her old self, but as for Robert he was in a different situation.

Being the son of Admiral Halberton, he never liked to keep secrets from his father and all the information he turned over to his father and Gjallarhorn confirmed their worst fears, someone was selling out the militaries of each kingdom and giving the locations and routes of several shipments of new battle suits, weapons, dust and other equipment needed by the militaries for combating both terrorist groups, the Dark Army and creatures of Grimm.

While the Paladins that were recovered by Gjallarhorn were only in the prototype stage, the thought of these machines being used against the people caused some level of concern. Furthermore, it came as a shock to Ozpin, Ironwood, Glynda, Rustal and Halberton that the Sinanju was in Torchwicks possession and somehow Ali-al-Saachez, a well-known mercenary and skilled mobile suit pilot had somehow entered Vale without the kingdom even noticing it.

Ruthless, selfish and underhanded, Saachez loved everything about war especially the killing. He even went as far as to even train the White Fang in the form of terrorist warfare, which caused quite a bit of concern seeing as the White Fang despised humans completely.

However, the biggest shock came in the identity of the Aegis pilot. Neapolitan 'Neo' Roanoke a girl long thought to be dead. Both Robert his father knew her well as she was a part of their family since she was four years old.

A year after her birth, Neo's parents were killed by the Grimm when a Frozen Talon 'purge party' came into their town and killed every Faunus and Coordinator they could find before they fled and left the town to the Grimm. Thankfully, the Grimm didn't kill Neo since her mother used her body as a shield. She was then found by a local sister who brought her to an orphanage where she spent a few years before she ran away.

Constantly teased because of her hair and eye color, Neo ran away from her home and would have been killed by the Grimm again had it not been for the Admiral who found her on the side of the road and surrounded by a pair of Beowulf's. From there, she met Robert and his sister, becoming a part of their family. Like her brother, Neo wanted to become a huntress and protect the people so no one would go through the same thing she went through.

For years, the two trained in weapons, mobile suit operating and combat. Both of them also idolized the Roughnecks and wanted be just as brave as their heroes, they even made a promise to get into Beacon together.

But that promise never came to pass. Just two years ago, Neo and Robert got caught in a three-way shootout between the police, White Fang and Frozen Talon in downtown Vale. They had gone to see a movie and had missed their bus when a conman tried to swindle them out of their Lien. Knowing there was another bus stop not far from the theater, the two tried to cut through an alley only to end up in the middle of the crossfire forcing them to take shelter in a nearby building.

This proved to be a mistake as the building was where Frozen Talon had hidden a stockpile of explosive dust which the White Fang wanted and the police wanted to recover. A stray shot from a White Fang member who was killed hit the dust container and set off the explosives. A chain reaction followed and the vapor from the dust filled the air. Robert was able to cover his mouth, but Neo wasn't quick enough and the dust entered her lungs. Being unable to breath, she collapsed and caused her lungs cease working.

It got worse when Frozen Talon drove back both the police and White Fang from the area and decided to kill the two friends by destroying the building. Both of them would have been killed had it not been for a White Fang member who came back out of concern for the children. That member was Tukson.

When Robert awoke, he learned that Neo had inhaled a lot of the dust into her lungs and the operation to remove the dust was a costly one, despite Councilmen Winchesters plan to give those with 'dust lung' as it became to be called free treatment.

With no other option, Robert went looking for any kind of odd jobs he could take that could help him make the money he needed to pay for Neo's operation. He didn't find much luck since some of the places had scanned him and found out he was a coordinator, seeing as many people had bought Frozen Talon's belief about Coordinators being 'monsters just as evil as the Grimm and Faunus'.

Thankfully, Junior was able to help Robert get the money he needed to pay for the operation which was the reason the two were on such good terms. In no time, he got the money he needed and was about to pay for the operation when he was told that Neo had passed a week ago. His heart sank and he started to seclude himself from others and entered a deep state of depression. Not even hearing about the G-Project from his father helped get him out of it.

That was two years ago and while Robert recovered in the infirmary with Cody keeping him company, he felt miserable. Flay, Shinn and Stella visited him every chance they could to try and cheer him up, but no matter how much they tried Robert just kept on blaming himself for what happened to Neo. "I should have gone to Junior when I started looking for work, then maybe Neo wouldn't be working for Torchwick." He said to himself as he looked to the Strike in its berth in the maintance bay.

He was lucky, but the Strike on the other hand was damaged badly and wouldn't be ready until after the dance. Robert didn't complain, but he felt like he had let both his friends and teammates down, especially his teammates who weren't too pleased to hear that he went on an 'off the records mission' without them. He couldn't blame them. A team is supposed to trust each other and work together in all missions.

"You're blaming yourself, aren't you boy?" his father asked from behind as he walked over to him.

"That obvious. Its my fault that Neo got hurt in the first place. If we had just waited for the next bus none of this would have happened." Robert answered.

"You had no way of knowing you would be walking into a firefight. Though I am concerned as to who in their right mind wouldn't give Neo the treatment she needed. Its almost like someone did it deliberately." Arthur put in walking over with the rest of his team towards their leader.

"It is the unexpected that you must look out for, you never know what can happen." Hanzo added.

"We're still a couple of angry hombres since you didn't tell us about your little investigation with Team RWBY. But you should remember that we're a team and as a team we work together. No need to be a lone wolf." Tammy said in agreement.

"Your friends are right," Ironwood stated as he walked into the hanger and looked at the Strike for a few seconds before turning to Robert. "I understand that knowing that you've fought your friend is something that you never expected, but you can't blame yourself. It is true that she's been working with the likes of Roman and the White Fang, but I believe there is more to her current situation. You said it yourself, she wanted to become a huntress and protect the people so that no one else would suffer the same thing she went through. Obviously, she's been manipulated into believing you abandoned her when you were trying to help her." Ironwood said with sympathy.

"But I may end up killing her! I can't do that." Robert answered.

"Then don't fight to kill her. Fight to bring her back and save her." Ozpin said as he, Glynda, Teams RWBY, JNPR and CRDL walked into the hanger. "You hate all this killing; I understand that and you can't bring back the lives you have taken. Then try fighting the way you wish to fight. You don't hold back against the drones, Mobile Dolls and Dark Army, but if you can refine your skills in disarming your opponent's then perhaps, you'll reach her."

"Not only that," Cardin began. "But its not just you and your team that are a part of this. Everyone of us has our own reasons for becoming a huntsmen and huntress, some want to be the hero's like those in the stories they read as kids, others want to be like their ancestors before then and some have other reasons for being here. Don't think that you're the only one who has something important to fight for." He added.

Robert looked to his friends and smiled. "Thank you, all of you. What you said means a lot to me. I'll find a way to get the Neo I know back and I won't become a killer. It will be hard, but with my friends backing me, I know I can do it." He said.

Before anyone could speak, Meyrin ran up to them with an urgent look on her face. "Sorry… for interrupting… General… but we received… a report from… Team CVFY." She said between breaths.

"Slow down, Miss Hawke. What is the message?" Ironwood asked. Meyrin soon caught her breath and told Ironwood the message. "Well that's a problem." He said and turned to Ozpin. "It appears Team CFVY along with Rommel and his team are in a dire situation. They successfully destroyed the Grimm hive they went after in the mountains, but their transport was destroyed by the Dark Army and they have been trying to reestablish communications with us for a few weeks. Seems that someone was trying to get them killed and it appears they are nearly out of ammo. If we move now, we can get them back to beacon before they are lost." He explained.

"It might also be the perfect time to send out the mass production models of the Veritechs now. I have a feeling we'll be encountering more than just Dark Army machines." Halberton added.

"We can't afford to have Miss Adel and her team die. Teams RWBY, JNPR, RATH and CRDL will accompany the Archangel and Minerva to rescue them." Ozpin said to the two military officers who nodded in agreement. He then turned to Robert. "I'm afraid the Strike won't be ready for this mission, but I am sure the General can provide you with a Veritech." Ozpin suggested. Ironwood smiled and said he was planning on having Robert pilot one of the Veritechs.

About a half hour later, the Minerva and Archangel left the protection of Vale and were making a beeline towards the mountains outside the kingdom. Once they were close enough to the last known location of Coco and her team, Veritechs from the Minerva and Archangel were launched. Cipher and Pixy's Eagles were followed by two VF-020 Tigersharks with white and blue paintjobs while behind them were two double engine VF-004 Phantoms with a three-tone green, brown and grey paintjob sporting the mouth of a shark. Following close behind were Skygraspers of Mu and Katie and one VF-016 Falcon.

Finally, coming up behind them was a red and white variable-sweep winged VF-014 Tomcat accompanied by the Impulse with the Force Silhouette and a black and red striped twin-engine fighter with a beam rifle mounted underneath the right wing and a large blade underneath the left wing. Following from behind were the Gundam's of Teams RWBY and JNPR while on the ground the Gundam's of Team's RATH and CRDL headed for the location given to them.

All of the Veritechs were loaded up with the primary 55mm gun pod and air-to-air missiles while the Skygraspers were equipped with the launcher and sword packs. In the cockpit of one of the shark- mouthed Veritechs, Captain Jack Bartlett, callsign Heartbreak One of Vales 5th Fighter Wing, 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron, better known as Wardog Squadron double checked his systems for the third time after take off before he tuned his radio to the other members of the flight. "This is Heartbreak One, all pilots report in." he instructed.

"Wardog 1, standing by." Captain Jessica Persia, callsign Blaze started off.

"Wardog 2, standing by." Second Lieutenant Kei Nagasae, callsign Edge responded.

"Wardog 3, standing by." Second Lieutenant Alvin H. Davenport, callsign Chopper called in.

"Wardog 4, standing by." Airman First Class Hans Grim, callsign Archer reported.

"Galm 1, standing by." Cipher called out.

"Galm 2, standing by." Pixy responded.

"La Flaga, Standing by." Mu responded.

"Madigan, Standing by." Katie called out.

"Impulse, ready for battle." Shinn answered.

"Raptor, ready for its first battle." Stella said from the cockpit of the new machine.

"Galm 3, ready." Robert answered from the swept-wing Veritechs cockpit. For this mission, he was assigned the rare position of number 3 for the Galm team.

"Alright people, we're to rescue Burning and the team from Beacon. Their up against the Dark Army but that doesn't mean we can take it easy, a lot of good pilots have been killed by the army of the Dark Gundam, so I think its time we get even with those machines. Remember, this is an extraction mission. Once we got everyone on board, we're getting the hell out of here!" Bartlett instructed his pilots and allies.

"Yes sir." All of the pilots and students replied. No sooner had they responded, Captain Gladys informed them that they had picked up dozens of enemy contacts, all in the form of Fighter Pods and Moebius units. Following them were several rare TS-MA4F Exus mobile armors. Compared the older Moebius units, The Exus had a better performance and weaponry than its predecessors and was also armed with two of the same linear guns used by original and Moebius Zero. They were primarily used by Frozen Talon and it was rare to see any in battle, but scans from the Archangel confirmed they were all unmanned models.

"Looks like this is it, all pilots engage the enemy. Keep them off the kids below and don't let them near the ships." Bartlett called out, forcing every other pilot to arm their missiles and cannons as the enemy forces opened fire.

(Start B7R)

"Blaze, Edge, get those Tigersharks of yours over on the left flank and engage those machines. Archer, Chopper, hit them on the right with your missiles. La Flaga, Madigan, you two are with me. We'll climb up and get behind them. Galm team, you guys take the Impulse and the Raptor, provide close air-support to the teams below. I know they can handle themselves, but they need to save their weapons for the Dark Army machines!" Bartlett instructed his fellow pilots who broke formation and followed their orders.

Banking hard left, Blaze and Edge waited for the enemy units to get close enough before they both launched a single missile at the lead mobile armor before they configured their machines to guardian mode, drew one of their beam sabers and each slashed apart two Moebius units before launching yet another missile at one of the Exus machines.

"Where do they get these machines? I thought they were only used by Frozen Talon!" Edge asked before we configured back into fighter mode and gave chase after a fighter pod which she downed with her two 20mm cannons.

"Search me," Blaze began before she fired another one of her missiles at a second Exus which exploded into a fireball. She then gave chase after a pair of fighter pods which turned sharply and were attempting a head on attack against her. Pulling the trigger, she fired a quick burst of gun fire at one of the fighter pods before she dived down towards the mountains below. Taking the bait, the fighter pod gave chase and was ready to fire a missile at its prey, only to have their target pull up at the last second before the automated fighter slammed into the mountain. "But I get the feeling that there must be more to this then any of us know." She added.

"Oh, come on Blaze! You don't really think that Frozen Talon and the Dark Army are actually working together!" Chopper questioned after downing two Moebius units with his dual 20mm cannons and two missiles.

"Well what else to you think it could be? Come on Chopper, we both know that those terrorists were using DG Cells and trying to make the creatures of Grimm even more dangerous then they already are." Blaze replied over the radio.

"Then again, something about this whole thing does seem a bit fishy. I mean, aside from that, we got Heero Yuy and the other five original Gundanium mobile suits targeting Frozen Talon, the Dark Army and the White Fang. Those things should have been decommissioned years ago and now they show up out of nowhere." He added as he fired another missile at a fighter pod which then crashed into a Moebius unit.

"Lieutenant, do you think those machines are planning to attack the kingdoms?" Hans asked as he squeezed off a burst of rounds from his cannon. "I mean, aren't those things supposed to be powered by a fusion reactor and with the Gundanium alloy their armor is made of nothing we have can stand up to them." he added.

"Hey if they wanted to attack the kingdoms, then they wouldn't have helped us against the mobile armor or in rescuing Miss Allster. I think we can trust them." Mu said over the radio getting Hans to relax a little.

Speaking of La Flaga, the Hawk of Endymion slashed apart four enemy mobile armors with the Sword Packs anti-ship sword before he opened up with his planes four 20mm cannons downing two more enemy mobile armors while Katie fired two missiles at a fighter pod before a blast from his wingman's beam cannon blew apart one of the Exus mobile armors.

"Nice shot, Katie." La Flaga praised before he opened up with his planes 105mm cannons blowing apart another Exus which crashed into the mountains below. "Fox 2." He said as he launched two missiles at a Moebius unit which was on Bartlett's tail. "Got your back Jack."

"Thanks, La Flaga." Bartlett responded over the radio before he configured his plane into its mobile suit mode and drew one of his beam sabers. He waited for his foes to get close before slashing them apart with his machines blade. "This thing may not be a Windam, but it's certainly a top of the line machine." He praised before he switched to guardian mode and fired two missiles at a single Exus. "Take them down people."

(End song)

Meanwhile, Robert, Cipher, Pixy, Shinn and Stella had come under attack by several Dark Army mobile suits that had managed to sneak up on Ruby and the others. A burst of fire from Roberts gun pod destroyed one of the enemy aerial units while Stella in her own machine fired off several shots from her beam rifle downing another machine. He then watched as Stella's machine transformed into a Gundam before its beam rifle and blade combined into an anti-ship and charged towards several Dark soldiers and destroyed three of them with a massive swipe from her sword. "I'm not going to let them beat me." Stella said over the radio before she disassembled her sword, attached the blade back to its original position and drew one her machines beam sabers.

(Start Danger Zone)

"Take it easy, Stella. They won't get any of us. Remember, you're not alone." Shinn assured his friend and fired his beam rifle taking out one of the airborne machines as Cipher and Pixy launched a few missiles of their own at targets before firing their guns at several mobile armors. "You've got plenty of people who will protect you. You won't be going back to that horrible place." He added before swinging his beam saber cleaving a Dark Birdie in half before downing a series of missiles with his Vulcans.

"Shinn is correct, no one will ever go through what you went through again. Turning people like yourself into those who's only purpose is to fight and pump you full of chemicals and drugs, it's messed up. Those responsible will pay for what they've done once we discover who started such a project." Robert spoke over the radio with some anger.

"Besides, you're my adoptive sister now and I'll protect my family!" he shouted and pushed his machines thrusters to full power and sped towards several incoming enemy units flying just above the ground. For a brief moment, it seemed that he was going to allow himself to be shot down but at the last second changed his machine into its mobile suit mode and skidded across the ground before opening up with his gun pod. The enemy machines were soon turned into nothing more than bits of scrap metal. "After all, that's the reason I want to be huntsman, to protect the families of everyone around the world." Robert added.

Stella smiled and then charged towards Robert and cleaved a Dark Soldier that managed to sneak up behind Robert with her beam saber. "If that's what you want to do, then I'll do it too." She said in agreement before configuring her machine back into fighter mode and climbed quickly to engage the enemy airborne units. Robert followed suit and quickly got on the tail of two fighter pods that were on Cipher's tail. Lining up his sights, he pulled the trigger and downed the fighters with a burst of cannon fire. The pods exploded, their remains crashing to the mountains below.

"We need to wrap this up! General, any word from Rommel?" Robert asked, jinking left and right to avoid the cannon fire from an enemy unit that was on his own tail.

"We picked up a brief message from the captain. The enemy is still attacking them and they are just about out of ammo. The other teams have arrived, but they've just reported a large enemy force approaching them. They don't have much time before those units arrive." Ironwood explained from the Archangel.

"Solid copy." Robert acknowledged before he keyed his radio to the others. "You guys pick that up?" He asked.

"Yeah, we heard it. Give me some cover, I need to get to the Minerva for a resupply." Shinn called out before heading towards his ship. No sooner had he did, Lunamaria and Shiho in their Foxhound and Fulcrum Veritechs arrived to reinforce the others as Cipher and Pixy also headed back to the Minerva for resupply. As they did, Robert caught sight of two squads of incoming mobile armors.

"Stella, we got bogies going after Shinn and the Galm Team. Form up and we'll take them out. Get as close as you can and let them have it." Robert called over to his adoptive sister. Both of their machines were soon flying wingtip to wingtip as they got closer and closer to the enemies pursuing their allies. Once they were in range, the two fired their guns at the mobile armors destroying all of them. Once the enemies were eliminated, they pulled off and started to look for new targets.

As they did, Robert checked his remaining ammo. He used up most of his 20mm ammo and still had plenty of ammo for his gun pod. As for his missiles, he had only two left. Suddenly, his sensors beeped in alarm as machine gun fire streaked past his cockpit as four Exus mobile armors over took him. The rounds from the enemy mobile armors dented his machines armor before Robert could even see them. The four mobile armors then quickly turned around and streaked towards the Tomcat.

"Fox 2!" Robert shouted and launched his remaining missiles towards two of the purple and white mobile armors. One of the mobile armors was turned into a fireball while the other mobile armor shot down the second missile with its machine gun before the other two fired their missiles at Robert. "Damn it!" he cursed and fired his 20mm cannons. The missiles were destroyed, but the 20mm's were now dry, however another Exus was destroyed.

Seeing he had no other choice Robert switched to his Gun Pod and turned to engage one of the remaining mobile armors. Like all the other Veritech's the Gun Pod had an auto-lock targeting system and greater range then the smaller cannons. This enabled the pilot to track their target before firing the weapon, but called for the pilot's utmost patience.

His finger rested on the trigger as the leader of Team RATH got into range and pulled the trigger. A burst of gun fire downed the mobile armor in front of him destroying it as the Exus behind him fired its linear guns. Banking right and trying to avoid the rounds, Robert's machine took a hit from the enemy's guns before it was destroyed by the returning Impulse, this time with the Blast Silhouette. "Looks you need a resupply. Get yourself to the Minerva, we'll handling things here." Shinn radioed his friend before speeding away with Cipher and Pixy close behind him.

(End song)

"Cheeky guy." Robert said with a chuckle and headed back to the Minerva with Stella following behind him.

Meanwhile, Jaune raised the Narrative's shield and fired its beam cannon and missiles at several battle pods while Nora leapt over him and started to slash apart anything in her path with the longsword of the Barbatose. A diagonal slash across the body of a Dark Beast reduced the machine to scrap before she opened up with the 170mm autocannons. "Nora, how are Fox and Yatsuhashi?" Jaune asked his teammate.

"Their ok, well maybe not their machines, but physically they are fine. Ren has that covered. Besides, it looked like you could use some help." She answered before a round from a beam rifle hit her armor, doing no damage. "Oh, it is on now." She said and sheathed her sword before drawing her mace and lunged at the enemy. Laughing like a madwoman, Nora swung her mace wildly into the enemy machines while Jaune watched nervously.

"I like her enthusiasm, but she must remember to follow the orders of her team leader." The pilot of a customized GH-001 Grimoire mobile suit as they fired their assault rifle at a few Dark Beasts while a red and grey Gundam launched several missiles as a blue and white heavily customized Airmaster Gundam swooped in and strafed several battle pods with its buster rifles and the beam cannon in its nose before configuring to its mobile suit mode and landed by the Grimoire.

Captain Rommel, a weasel Faunus fired off the remaining rounds from his machines assault rifle before firing his grenade launcher at several other enemy machines while Roybea Loy and Witz Sou, the pilots of the two Gundam's standing beside him and picked their shots before firing their weapons. "I never thought I would be facing this kind of odds." Witz said with a chuckle firing his head Vulcans and taking out a few missiles.

"I feel like someone purposely lead us into a trap." Roybea added, firing a burst from his twin beam cylinder and beam cannon before launching what was left of his missiles at the enemy machines that were still standing. Witz followed up a few well-placed shots from his buster rifles allowing Jaune to open up with his machines beam rifle.

A round from the Dynamas MK'2 sniper rifle took out two other Dark Army machines while the Altron MK 2 twirled its trident around and hacked apart several enemy machines. Following a successful hit from his dragon fangs, Ren pulled back allowing Sky and Russel to open up with their 180mm cannons. "Jaune, we can't keep this up much longer. They just keep coming!" Pyrrha shouted over the radio.

"I know Pyrrha, but the ships aren't here yet. Ruby, how are you guys doing?" Jaune responded to his teammate before contacting Ruby.

"We're in a little trouble ourselves. Coco and Velvet still have some fight left in their machines but every time we destroy several enemy machines more take their place!" Ruby exclaimed, swinging her scythe wide and destroying a few enemy machines that looked a lot like the Dragon Gundam. She then watched Cardin, Dove, Hanzo and Arthur slice apart a few other machines with their bladed weapons as Yang, Blake and Tammy punched and kicked several machines with hand-to-hand combat.

Wiess tore through several Dark Army machines that looked like the Master Gundam with her GN Sword before drawing one of her beam sabers and thrusted the violet blade into the cockpit of one of the machines before throwing her daggers at several enemy machines. "Where are the ships!?" the heiress asked before she spied a several incoming mobile armors coming in fast from directly ahead.

As the mobile armors got closer and closer, they prepared to fire their missiles only to be blown apart by positron cannons of the aforementioned ships destroyed a good portion of the enemy units but the remaining ones continued towards the ships only to be destroyed by the CIWS weapons of the two ships as they landed.

Once they landed, the Tallgeese launched from the hanger and opened up with its dober gun while the cargo ramps of the ships opened up. "Get your machines on the ships immediately, we're leaving!" Murrue shouted over the loudspeaker as the Impulse and Raptor joined the Tallgeese in defending the ships.

(Robotech Battle Cry theme, starts)

Flying over the ships, the Veritechs of Wardog squadron and Galm team dropped to ground level and transformed in mobile suit mode and opened up with their gun pods. Caught off guard by the sudden appearance of these unidentified machines, several Dark Army units were destroyed before the other machines moved into attack.

"Wardog squadron, go to mobile armor mode and attack them from left!" Bartlett ordered his squadron who did as they were ordered and changed their machines into said mode and opened up with their guns, getting the attention of the Dark Army machines who raised their rifles and fired.

"Grim, watch that Dark Beast!" Chopper radioed before downing another Dark Beast before it could fire on Edge. "Careful, Nagase these things are a step up from the last units we fought a while back." he reminded his squad mate.

"I know that Chopper. I'm not a nugget anymore." Nagase responded with a little annoyance, firing her own gun pod before needing to reload. As she loaded a fresh magazine, she watched as Blaze charged towards the oncoming enemy machines and drew her beam saber before proceeding to slice through the machines that were in her path. 'I don't think I'll ever be as good as Blaze.' She thought to herself before returning her focus to the battle.

Bartlett smiled as his trainee's took out the enemy machines using the skills, he taught them. Grim sliced through the Dark Beast Chopper warned him about, Chopper took his machine into a climb before diving back down to the ground and took out several other Dark Beasts. Edge and Blaze fired both their missiles and gun pods at several standard Dark Army soldiers before drawing one of their beam sabers and started to hack and shot their opponents.

Bartlett then returned his focus towards his own opponents. Quickly, he changed to mobile suit mode and opened up with his gun while drawing one of his beam sabers. "Have some of this!" he shouted and surged forwards towards his opponents. He cleaved one Dark Army unit in half before riddling two more with bullets. Two Dark Army soldiers charged at him with its club forcing him to drop his gun pod and draw his second beam saber and block the attacks before slicing both units in half with an upper diagonal slash. "General, how much longer until we're ready to leave?" he questioned, sheathing his sabers and picked up his gun.

"We need another three minutes to get the others on board. Scans have already picked up more ground units heading towards us and we won't be able to hold them off." Ironwood responded.

"Understood." Bartlett replied.

"Three minutes? Hey buddy, how many enemies do you think we can take out before leaving?" Pixy asked after gunning down a pair of battle pods.

"I don't know, all I can say is let's kick their asses!" Cipher responded, opening up with his Vulcans and destroying several missiles launched from missile pods. He then drew his beam saber and lunged towards the missile pods and sliced them in half before they could fire again.

As for Robert, he laid down covering fire for Captain Rommel whose mobility had been reduced from a stray shot to his machines leg joints. "This is nothing like the Strike aside from its transformation feature and main weapon." He said to himself before downing his fifth battle pod of the day. "But that doesn't mean I am going to affect me in doing what I know is right!" he added and aimed his gun pod at several incoming missiles. Pulling the trigger, the rounds from his gun pod destroyed a majority of the missiles that were sent towards the Captain's machine.

"That was some shooting you pulled off. I would expect nothing less from the son of Mobius One." Rommel said over the radio as he took his machine onto the Archangel.

Robert smiled and started to pull back to the ships once all the suits were on board the ships which were starting to take off. "Time to leave." He said and configured into fighter mode and quickly followed after the ships.

(End song)

Once they had cleared the area, Robert brought his machine into the hanger of the Archangel where Velvet and Coco were waiting for him. "Glad you guys got our distress signal. We would have been dead if you hadn't showed up when you did." Coco admitted, offering her hand to Robert who shook it. "Guess that means I ow you now." She added.

"You don't ow me anything. I just did what I thought was right." Robert answered before he looked to Velvet. "So, are you still looking for a date to the dance?" he asked the rabbit Faunus who immediately said yes.

GAT-332 Raptor Gundam

Type: Transformable Air-Superiority Mobile Suit

Power Source: Enhance Energy Battery

Armor: Variable Phase Shift Armor

Weapons: 2x75mm Vulcans, 2x20mm internally mounted cannons, anti-ship sword, rapid fire beam rifle, 2x Beam Sabers, weapons bay.

Pilot: Stella Loussier

After witnessing the battle between Frozen Talon and the Strike Gundam, Gjallarhorn and Morgonerate came up with the plan to build a sixth G-Weapon to be used by Stella who wished to fight and protect the world like her adoptive brother, Robert Halberton. The Raptor, was the result. Compared to the Strike, the Raptor has several similar weapons like the Strike consisting of its beam rifle, beam sabers, cannons, vulcan's and the Sword Strike's anti-ship sword. However, the beam rifle and anti-ship blade are able to combine and form a larger anti-ship sword capable of destroying an entire ship with a single swipe.

OZ-00MS Tallgeese

Type: Prototype General-Purpose Mobile Suit

Power Source: Ultracompact Fusion Reactor

Armor: Gundanium Alloy

Weapons: 2xBeam Sabers, Dober Gun, shield, missile pod, heat lance, halberd

Pilot: James Ironwood.

Well rounded with both long-range, melee weapons, armor and powerful thrusters, the Tallgeese is said to be the ancestor of the legendary 00W0 and the Leo's used by Anima's armed forces. Originally it was meant to be the basis for the Leo, but proved to be too expensive and proved to be rough on the pilots due to the strain of 15 G's in acceleration. As such, the Tallgeese was given to General Ironwood, leader of the Roughnecks and Atlas military who replaced the old Titanium alloy with Gundanium

VF-020 Tigershark

Type: Transformable Air-superiority mobile suit

Power Source: Enhanced Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Titanium Alloy

Weapons: 2xbeam sabers, 55mm gun pod, 2x20mm cannons, 2x75 Vulcans, 6 hardpoints

Known as the Tigershark, the VF-020 like the VF-037 were originally prototypes before it was decided that the machines would be mass produced. Compared to the VF-005 Tiger 2, the VF-020 is faster.

VF-004 Phantom

Type: Transformable Air-Superiority mobile suit

Power Source: Enhanced Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Titanium Alloy

Weapons: Internally mounted 20mm cannon, 55mm Gun Pod, 2x75mm Vulcans, 2xbeam sabers, nine hard points.

Like the rest of the Veritechs, the VF-004's fighter mode is based on aircraft used during the great war before they were replaced by the F-7D Spearhead. Originally a two-seater fighter-bomber, the Phantom received numerous upgrades to its weapons, systems and capabilities of a mobile suit while turning it into a single seat model. The saying old and out of date doesn't apply to the Phantom.

VF-016 Falcon

Type: Transformable Multirole Air-Superiority Mobile Suit

Power Source: Enhanced Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Titanium Alloy

Weapons: 2x20mm cannons, twelve hardpoints, 55mm gun pod, 2xbeam sabers, 2x75mm Vulcans.

Designed to use both missiles and bombs, the Falcon features a bubble canopy allowing the pilot to have all round visibility. It is rumored that its fighter mode was based on the form of the Astray Falcon.

GT-9600-D Gundam Leopard Destroy

Type: Custom Transformable Heavy Assault Mobile Suit

Power Source: Ultracompact Fusion Reactor

Armor: Gundarium

Weapons: Twin Beam Cylinder, 2xBreast Gatling, 2xHornet Missile, 2xHead Beam Gun, 2xBeam Cannon, 11-tube Missile Launcher, 4xShoulder Launcher, Beam Knife, Missile Pod, Heat Axe, 5x Wrist Beam Gun.

Pilot: Roybea Loy

Like the Heavyarms, the Leopard Destroy and its predecessor, the GT-9600 Gundam Leopard is a walking arsenal with beam weapons that the original lacked. Used in the great war, it is said that a small squad of Leopard's and the Leopard Destroy wiped out a full battalion worth of Grimm in the defense of Mantle.

GW-9800-B Gundam Airmaster Burst

Type: Custom Transformable Assault Mobile Suit

Power Source: Ultracompact Fusion Reactor

Armor: Gundarium

Weapons: 2xhead Vulcans, 4xbooster beam cannon's, nose beam cannon, missile rifle, 2xbuster rifles.

Pilot: Witz Sou

Like the Leopard Destroy, the Gundam Airmaster Burst is an upgraded version of the original Gundam Airmaster. Its shoulder missiles have been removed while its head Vulcans and dual buster rifles remain. For added firepower, the Airmaster Burst have a pair of beam cannons equipped to its boosters, its nose Vulcans replaced with a nose beam cannon and is able to use a missile rifle.

GH-001RB Grimoire Red Beret

Type: Custom General-Purpose Mobile Suit

Power Source: Photon Battery

Armor: Unknown

Weapons: Plasma Knife, Scissor Claw, Assault Rifle, Pistol, Grenade Launcher, Submachine Gun, Shield, 'Chain Saw', Cannon, Missile Pod.

Pilot: Rommel

The mobile suit of the leader of the 7th Panzer Division, the Red Beret like the Gundam Ground Type carries its backpack for carrying onto the battlefield. Along with the Airmaster Burst and Leopard Destroy, the 7th Panzer Division and its leader, Rommel are some of the most battle-hardened members of the Vale Military.

VF-014 Super Tomcat

Type: Transformable Multirole Mobile Suit

Power Source: Enhanced Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Titanium Alloy

Weapons: 55mm Gun Pod, 2x20mm cannons, 2xbeam sabers, 2x75mm Vulcans, 10 hardpoints

Like the Phantom, the Super Tomcat was based on a two-seater aircraft. However, what makes the Super Tomcat unique is its variable-sweep wings which reduces the possibility of drag and give it a higher speed advantage against the Spearhead. Like the rest of the Veritechs, the Super Tomcat has three modes, fighter, guardian and mobile suit mode. In fighter mode, it prides itself in speed and air-to-air combat while in guardian mode allows it to keep the nose of the aircraft and either hover or walk on its legs. As for its mobile suit mode, its primary weapons are its Gun Pod and beam sabers.

And that concludes this chapter. Remember to read and review, especially review. Next chapter will be the Beacon dance with a twist.