SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 13 out, this is Chapter 14 of this fic and the start of Season Two. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Tieria/Sasha between Season One and Season Two. Allelujah/Marie and Lockon (Jr.)/Anew in Season Two.
Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.
Chapter 14: Allelujah Rescue Operation
On the Ptolemaios II...
"Got any mobile suit combat experience?" Tieria asked their newest recruit.
"Obviously I won't." Lyle fibbed. "But I have operated an industrial work loader."
"And you and I know that is a bald-face lie, Lockon Jr." Sasha piped in. "Don't presume I don't know about your exploits in Katharon, Mr. Jean I." she grinned.
"Hey, don't bust my chops like that." Lyle whined.
"Our Lockon Jr. here is more of a mid-range shooter compared to his predecessor." Sasha ignored Lyle and informed her partner. "And he occasionally likes to get up close and personal; isn't that right, Mr. Union Flag Squad Leader?"
In the Ptolemaios II launch hatch control room...
"Mileina, have Arios and Cherudim been loaded yet?" Lasse floated in.
"All finished." Mileina beamed.
"What is Sumeragi doing?" Lasse turned to Ian.
"She's still shutting herself up in her room." Ian replied. "She says she isn't necessarily going to rejoin Celestial Being."
In Saji's cell room...
"The records have it right." Setsuna confirmed. "Celestial Being had nothing to do with the Halevy family's destruction. Furthermore, Sasha Peacecraft was the one who sent two bodyguards to shadow your sister; she should have expected that there would be a high chance of her getting killed if she had continued her investigations, did the guards not inform you of that?"
"They did." Saji looked away. "But nee-san insisted. Even so, you killed people with your Gundams too, putting people in the same situation as mine. It's only natural for people to hate you for what you did. The world was peaceful then. My normal everyday life would have continued and it was you people who destroyed all that."
"So everything is all right as long as you have peace?" Setsuna concluded.
"That's not what I mean." Saji protested. "But no one wants to be unhappy."
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"We have a coded message from Wang Liu Mei." Feldt informed. "A dissident detention center in HRL is holding Allelujah Haptism?"
"I know him." Mileina stated. "He's a Gundam Meister."
"I see." Lasse realized. "He was captured by the Federation. It's no wonder we couldn't figure out where he was."
"Feldt, get everyone together." Sasha went into commander mode. "We're having a briefing."
In the Ptolemaios II's briefing room...
"Is it true that you found Allelujah?" Sumeragi was the last one to enter.
"This is reliable information from Wang Liu Mei." Sasha confirmed.
"We're starting on a rescue mission." Ian added.
"But how do you plan on rescuing him?" Sumeragi asked.
"That's what we need you to figure out." Sasha stepped forward. "Sumeragi Lee Noriega, please give us your tactical forecasts."
"But I'm..." Sumeragi started.
"If he returns, then we can start mounting missions with four Gundams." Tieria stepped beside his partner.
"Please help us out." Lasse pleaded. "To save Allelujah."
"Sumeragi, take this." Feldt held out Sumeragi's folded uniform.
"Stop it." Sumeragi sighed. "Don't impose your expectations on me. My forecasts cant' really change anything that's going to happen. I'd just be putting everyone in danger."
"There will be no regrets." Sasha declared firmly. "Even if this mission fails, none of us will blame you. No matter what happens, Allelujah will always be our important comrade and we want to save him. So please, work out a tactical plan for all of us."
"Feldt," Sumeragi relented. "Later, could you update me on our fighting strength and our situation?"
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"We've just received this data from Wang Liu Mei." Feldt updated. "Incredible." she gasped, when the detailed topology of the detention center appeared on screen. "Information on everyone locked up and their exact location. A mission plan has just arrived from Sumeragi-san." she informed her co-workers.
"What kind of plan is this, anyway?" Lasse joked, looking at the tactical plan their commander proposed.
"Now, that's daring." Mileina gushed.
"It's like..." Sasha chuckled. "Just like her, isn't it?"
In the Gundam launching container...
"An all-out attack in just three hundred seconds." Tieria looked over the newly arrived plan. "That's the Sumeragi Lee Noriega that we know."
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Ptolemaios, commencing atmospheric entry sequence." Mileina declared.
"00, Seravee, Cherudim, prepare to launch." Feldt started the three Gundams' launch sequence. "Mission will commence at 0043. Arios will standby in launching position."
In Seravee...
"Setsuna," Tieria opened communication to 00. "In the information from Wang Liu Mei, we spotted this name, in the same facility where Allelujah is imprisoned." he produced Marina's name.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"GN Field at maximum output." Feldt activated the Ptolemaios II's GN Field. "Commencing atmospheric entry."
In the detention center...
"They're already here." Kati's warning came too late when the Ptolemaios II's GN Flank Cannon took out the center's mobile suit hanger.
"All cannons, fire." Kati ordered. "They're not slowing down?" she gaped when the flagship sped up. "Don't tell me they're..."
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"GN Field, maximum output." Feldt reported.
"Ptolemy, diving mode." Mileina activated the underwater mode.
"We're plunging into the sea." Lasse informed Sasha.
"Roger." the younger woman nodded and the ship crashed into the ocean, churning up large waves that washed over the incoming mobile suits.
In the detention center command tower...
"Fire missiles in response." Kati ordered.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Setsuna, Tieria, their particle beams will be diffused in three hundred seconds." Feldt informed the two pilots. "Rescue Allelujah in that time."
In the airspace above the detention center..
"Roger." Setsuna responded. "We'll do it in three minutes."
"Why don't we save one more person in the remaining two minutes?" Tieria suggested. Using the heavy mist from the waves as cover, he shot out the defense cannons with his GN Cannons.
Shooting out the defending mobile suits, Setsuna crash-landed 00 into the building's wall to create an opening.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Enemy mobile suits are launching." Mileina reported, as the A-LAWs carrier ship released their Aheads.
"Cherudim, prepare rifle bombardment." Sasha instructed Lockon, who was stationed at the side of the cliff. "You don't have to hit them, just keep them occupied for now."
In the Cherudim...
"Roger." Lockon got to work. "Hey Haro, did my brother say anything when fighting?"
"Targeted and firing." Orange Haro chirped. "Targeted and firing."
"All right." Lockon took aim. "Cherudim Gundam, Lockon Stratos, targeted and firing."
At the detention center...
With Setsuna inside the building, Tieria was responsible for guarding 00. "I'll defend this spot with my life." the purple-haired pilot swore and fired off a series of blasts from his four GN Cannons. "I'm not moving an inch." he stood firm, activating his GN Field to block out the Aheads' blasts.
"An attack from another direction?" the Aheads scattered, finding themselves under attack by Cherudim.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Cherudim has shot down another enemy machine." Feldt was surprised.
"Isn't this guy supposed to be an amateur?" Lasse gaped.
"Didn't I say also?" Sasha was smug. "This guy's a mid-range expert."
In the Cherudim...
Lockon had taken the fight to the air, giving his Katharon comrades the cue to charge into the detention center.
In the detention center...
Setsuna had located Allelujah's cell and blasted the door open with his shotgun. He then freed the last Gundam pilot from his bindings.
"Setsuna, why?" Allelujah untied his gag.
"Go to that point." Setsuna tossed the older pilot a communicator. "Arios is on its way."
"Arios?" Allelujah echoed.
"Your new Gundam." Setsuna explained and hurried off to find Marina.
At the detention center...
"We found Allelujah." Tieria informed the bridge. "Launch Arios."
Underwater...
"I got it." Mileina responded. "Arios, launching.
"Ptolemy, re-submerging." Lasse and Sasha drove the Ptolemaios II back into the water. "We'll make our way to the rendezvous point while holding them off with GN missiles."
In the detention center...
"They're releasing the other prisoners, too." Allelujah was making his way to the designated coordinates when he spotted the Katharon forces breaking their captured comrades out. "But it's not Setsuna's doing. Who are these people? This is the designated point." he stopped in the corridor and Arios crashed into the wall in front of him.
"Freeze." Soma barked, her handgun trained on Allelujah who was about to jump into Arios' cockpit. "That's as far as you go, Subject E-57."
At the detention center...
"There's less than thirty seconds left." Tieria was running low on GN particles.
In the detention center...
"Marie..." Allelujah was face-to-face with his childhood friend. "Marie!" he tried to invoke Soma's memories.
"I've already told you." Soma glared. "That is not my name."
"No, that's your real name." Allelujah insisted. "Marie, Marie Parfacy."
"What was that vision I just had?" Soma gasped, dropping her gun as her past memories flooded back.
"Give yourself up, Subject E-57!" Andrei stopped Allelujah in his tracks. "Are you all right, Lieutenant?" he hurried over to Soma, letting his subordinates subdue Allelujah.
"Setsuna, Allelujah, we'll running out of time!" Tieria barked from the communicator. "Allelujah, what's wrong?" he urged, after getting no response from Allelujah.
"Roger." Allelujah spoke into the communicator. Dodging gunfire, he leapt into Arios and took off into the air, with both 00 and Seravee following suit.
Both Arios and 00 tag-teamed the Aheads, taking out two units and Seravee wiped out the remaining mobile suit squad.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"The Gundams have escaped." Feldt informed after all three Gundams retreated. "We're commencing the withdrawal now."
On the Ptolemaios II...
"Thank you, Tieria." Allelujah took the tea mug the other Meister handed to him.
"Allelujah, why was the Federation Government holding you?" Tieria asked. "The Super Soldier data was..."
"Man, this ship is amazing." Lockon entered. "It even operates underwater."
"Lockon." Allelujah was shocked. 'But how?"
"I'm getting tired of that reaction." Lockon sighed.
"Sorry." Allelujah apologized.
"You haven't changed." Tieria mused. "There's really no need for you to change. Welcome back, Allelujah."
"It's good to be back." Allelujah nodded.
"Your health reports are out." Sasha entered the room. "And I have good news and surprising news. Which one do you fine gentlemen want to hear first?"
"Give us the good news first." Lockon spoke.
"The good news: aside from the mild PTSD and claustrophobia, Allelujah Haptism is in relatively fine condition. After some medication and therapy, you'll be light as rain."
"And the surprising news?" Allelujah asked.
"This is your DNA results." Sasha handed the test results to the older pilot. "And this is my DNA results. Notice the similarities."
"96% match?" Allelujah instantly spotted DNA graph.
"That means..." Tieria gaped.
"It's been a really long time, Daithi-nii." Sasha smiled at her newly revealed older brother.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.