SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 14 out, this is Chapter 15 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 15: A Reason to Fight
On the Ptolemaios II...
"I thank you for coming to my rescue and bringing an end to the civil war in Azadistan five years ago." Marina looked at the gathered crew in the guest room. "I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You stopped the conflict without resorting to violence. I think the choice of action you chose was magnificent."
"Never mind that." Setsuna noted. "What are your plans now?"
"I shall return to Azadistan." Marina declared.
"That's ridiculous." Lasse chided.
"The Security Agency will come for you." Setsuna reminded.
"It's possible the Federation could intervene using you as an excuse." Tieria pointed out.
"Marina doesn't really have much choice in her situation." Sasha entered the room. 'I'll make the same decision if I were in her place."
"Because Azadistan hasn't joined the Federation, the rest of the world has abandoned us." Marina explained, tightening her hold on her cup. "Our economy has failed, and now that Rasa, the Conservative leader, has passed away, their dispute with the Reformists has reached a stalemate. But that is why I must..."
"I understand." Setsuna conceded. "We''ll have the Ptolemy set course for Azadistan."
"Roger, Setsuna." Ian grinned.
"We'll head to the bridge." Lasse and Sasha exited the room.
"Excuse me for asking." Mileina poked her head in. "Are you two lovers?"
"No, we're not." Setsuna and Marina chorused.
"My feminine intuition is wrong." Mileina pouted.
"Mileina, isn't your coffee break a little too long?" Sasha rebuked.
"What about Sumeragi-san?" Lasse asked.
"I guess she's still not ready to wear that uniform yet." Ian remarked.
In the Gundam hanger, en route to Azadistan...
"Arios Gundam." Allelujah looked at his new mobile suit. "The successor to Kyrios. With this machine's help, with this Gundam, I'm going to get Marie back; even though Hallelujah is gone and I can't use my quantum brain waves."
"That's not necessary true." Sasha walked up to her elder brother. "About you using quantum brain waves, that is."
"Sasha, I..." Allelujah turned to his sister. "You..." he gaped when Sasha activated her quantum brain waves. "How..."
"It's part of our genetics." Sasha smiled, cutting her quantum brain waves off. "You'll have to find the right trigger for it, like I did."
"I see." Allelujah turned to the platform's railing. "I'm sorry, but I don't remember much about my time before the Super Human Research Institute."
"I waited for you, you know." Sasha breathed. "For ten long years; you promised you'll find me."
"Sasha, I'm terribly sorry." on impulse, Allelujah hugged his sister. "I made you wait in vain. Do you blame me?"
"How could I?" Sasha returned the hug. "You're my brother, after all."
"A reason to fight..." Tieria mused, being the sole witness to the siblings' bonding. "In the past, I would have dismissed it."
"Ptolemy is ready to exit the Straits of Hormuz." Mileina reported over the intercom.
"Guess I'll get back to work." Sasha released herself from Allelujah. "The sea's been too quiet, I'm guessing Sumeragi-san has probably already came to the same conclusion I did."
"Wait, what?" Allelujah blinked.
"An ambush." Sasha clarified and hurried off.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"E-Sonar reacting." Mileina reported. "Six enemies closing in fast."
"Those are torpedoes." Lasse snapped. "Feldt!"
"GN Field, maximum output." Feldt activated the ship's GN Field.
"Sorry, I'm late." Sasha entered the cockpit and went to her post.
"The torpedoes contain a heavy chemical compound." Feldt added after the first two missiles hit.
"The sonar's been jammed." Mileina added.
"An enemy that can maneuver at this depth?" Lasse gawked.
"A new model?" Sasha guessed.
In the ocean...
"Halt the enemy at the designated point." the Trilobite rushing towards the Ptolemaios II. "We're launching something special." the mobile armor fired two missiles.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Second wave approaching." Mileina reported. "Two large torpedoes have been launched. They've broken through the GN Field."
"It's just as Sasha said." Lasse growled as the two helmsmen moved the ship. "It's a new weapon."
"Emergency, the hull's been hit!" Sasha shouted.
"The lower container's flooding." Feldt added.
In the Gundam hanger...
"We have to launch the Gundams, but we're still too deep." Tieria looked at the rising water levels as he and Lockon hurried to their machines.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"We're bringing the Ptolemy up." Lasse and Sasha moved the ship to lesser altitude. "Heading to a depth where we can launch the Gundams."
"Dropping depth charges from above..." Sasha mumbled as the ship was bombarded by an array of missiles from above. "There's a very high chance that they're chemical bombs."
"A resin covering the hull is keeping the gun ports from opening." Mileina reported.
"We've lost steering too." Lasse winced. "Where's the enemy?"
"The E-Sonar's still not working." Mileina exclaimed.
"Calm down!" Sumeragi entered the bridge. "There's a way out of this. Their depth bombing will stop soon."
"That's true." Sasha blinked when the bombardment stopped.
"Once it does, the underwater enemy will approach us." Sumeragi predicted. "Then, they'll launch a direct attack."
"The enemy has impacted the hull on the port-side." Feldt reported after the Trilobite struck the ship. "Severe damage. At this rate, we'll be crushed by the pressure."
"We're pretty lucky." Sumeragi grinned. "The enemy we could not locate is right here and the Ptolemy has climbed to a depth where we could launch the Gundams."
"Not to mention, the enemy has helped us speed by the flooding of the lower container." Sasha followed Sumeragi's train of thought.
In the ocean...
Seravee was the first unit out and Tieria used the Gundam's propulsion to push the Trilobite from the breached hull.
"Trying to fight off our Trilobite with just the thrust of a mobile suit?" the mobile armor's pilot scoffed.
"I have an ace in the hole!" Tieria snapped. "Trans-Am!" he wretched the mobile armor away from the ship.
"I may be underwater, but at this range..." Lockon was providing cover fire for Tieria, the Seravee was grasped within the Trilobite's claws.
"Let's get some distance and fire torpedoes." the Trilobite's second pilot suggested.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Setsuna." Feldt gave Setsuna the go-ahead.
In the ocean...
"Roger." Setsuna charged in. "00, eliminating the target." first using his GN Sword II to slice the pincer into two, then stabbing the GN Sword II into the mobile armor's cockpit, before dispatching the mobile armor's linear spear.
"Setsuna, we're heading to the surface." Allelujah informed the younger Meister. "Trans-Am!" he activated Trans-Am and the two Gundams shot up into the air.
On the ocean's surface...
"Pull the ship back." Kati ordered, the fleet was face-to-face with 00.
"Launch the mobile suits." Lindt counteracted the order.
"It's too late." Kati barked. "Who's in that Ahead?" she turned when an Ahead tackled the 00 off to the side.
"That's the new A-LAWs unit." Setsuna recognized the mobile suit. "Those moves." he barely managed to avoid the Ahead's sword slashes. "This is the tough one."
"His swordplay..." Graham, too, recognized his opponent. "There's no doubt about it. That's the young man I met. What incredible luck. I can redeem myself and give meaning to my life in shame."
On the A-LAWs' warship, Soma had also launched in her Ahead to attack Arios.
"It's not the suit's fault." Allelujah growled, Arios' shoulder pad was shot by the Ahead's rifle. "It's my ability."
"Fall, Gundam!" Soma pulled out her beam saber when she was hit by a blast from the Katharon Enacts.
"Damn anti-government organization." Graham hissed, slicing apart the incoming Enacts. "Don't stand in my way."
"We're falling back and regrouping." Kati ordered a retreat.
On the Ptolemaios II's bridge...
"Sumeragi-san..." Allelujah turned when Sumeragi re-entered the bridge, now dressed in her uniform.
"It's not the right size for me." Sumeragi complained. "It's a little too tight."
"I'll get you another one right away." Feldt offered.
"I think it looks just fine on you." Ian teased.
"That's sexual harassment, Dad." Mileina pouted.
"Ian, do I have to dope-slap you?" Sasha inquired.
"Sumeragi Lee Noriega." Setsuna greeted their commander.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.