SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 19 out, this is Chapter 20 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 20: The Indelible Past

"Fly, my Fangs!" Ail sent out his GN Fangs.

Setsuna's rapid fire did little to hit the weapon pods.

"They're fast." Setsuna was shocked by the speed.

"It's different from before." Tieria growled.

"Upwards!" Sasha warned when two GN Fangs shot out laser beams at Seravee, hitting the heavy-duty Gundam.

"You're have to be better than that, Gundams." Ail charged right in.

"You're still alive, Ail al-Saachez?" Setsuna blocked off Ail's Buster Sword with his GN Sword.

"Oh yes." Ail grinned. "But you should know, thank to you guys, half my body was burnt to a crisp. I took that guy's life, but now I want more." parrying Setsuna off, he stuck the 00, sending it downwards.

"Bastard!" Setsuna roared.

"You'll pay for my regeneration treatments with your lives." Ail licked his lips.

In the Ptolemaios II's bridge...

"00 and Seravee have been engaged in combat." Feldt reported.

"So the A-LAWs did catch up to them." Sumeragi noted. "Good thing we sent them in the Gundams. Contact Allelujah and Lockon on standby. " she instructed Mileina.

In the battlefield...

"Time for you to die, little Krugis punk!" Ail dodged Setsuna's fire and closed in on his former protege and swatted him away with his Buster Sword.

"So, you're the bastard who killed Lockon." Tieria snapped, joining the fight with his twin GN Cannons.

Ail dodged the energy blasts and sliced the twin Cannons with his Sword.

Seravee shot through from the resultant smoke and grappled Arche with its hands. "I'll be the one who avenges him." Tieria swore.

"He got what he deserved." Ail snapped. "He came out to the battlefield despite being blind in his right eye."

"Damn you." Tieria spat. Whipping out a beam saber from Seravee's right leg, he tried to stab Arche, only for Ail to dodge the energy sword.

"A hidden arm?" Ail frowned.

"He dodged it?" Tieria blinked.

"He was the one who trained Setsuna." Sasha reminded.

"I've got a couple of those too." Ail brought out his two beam sabers and slashed down at the saber compartment.

"Tieria!" Setsuna deadlocked Ail with his GN Sword and allowing the other Meister to charge in from behind, only to have Seravee's energy sword blocked out by Arche's beam saber.

"Fangs!" caught in the middle, Ail sent out his GN Fangs.

"Might want to activate your GN Shields right about now." Sasha suggested.

"Right." both Setsuna and Tieria nodded and released their hold on Arche, activating their GN Shields in unison and blocking out the Fangs' energy beams.

"Reinforcements." Ail was forced to back off when Lockon and Allelujah entered the fight. "Four against one? These odds are too great for me." he was hit in the back by 00. Blocking off Cherudim's shot, he retreated.

"Setsuna, Sasha, Tieria, Sumeragi-san has ordered us to return." Allelujah informed. "Tieria!" he stopped the Innovator from chasing after Ail.

"Why stop me?" Tieria glared. "That's the guy who killed Lockon."

"Not the time now, Tieria." Sasha held a firm grip on the pilot's shoulder.

"He killed my brother?" Lockon gasped.

"So, he really is alive." Setsuna muttered.

In the Ptolemaios II's bridge...

"We're heading back to space?" Lasse asked once all four Gundams returned.

"According to my forecasting, within twelve hours, the enemy will launch a plan to encircle us." Sumeragi reasoned. "We won't be able to escape. Also, if we could make it to Lagrange 3, we can repair the Gundams and pick up the support machines. Feldt, Mileina, begin atmospheric escape sequence."

The next day...

"Well then, how will you move, Celestial Being?" in the Gadessa, Revival Ritter mused.

In the Ptolemaios II's bridge...

"Six enemy underwater mobile armors confirmed." Feldt sent the battle alert. "All hands to primary battle stations. Enemy is closing in and preparing to encircle the Ptolemy."

"What's the estimated time of attack?" Sumeragi asked.

"0024." Mileina answered.

"Can we help?" Marie and Saji entered the bridge.

"Sit in the auxiliary chairs." Sumeragi told them. "Things are about to get a little rough. Lasse, Sasha."

"Ptolemy, entering rapid surfacing mode." Lasse steered the ship upwards.

"Less than 0004 left until the estimated time of attack, Sumeragi-san." Mileina informed.

"Not just yet." Sumeragi held firm. "Try to lure them in closer."

"Enemy forces taking action." Feldt added. "They're heavy torpedoes."

"Arios, Cherudim, Seravee, initiate Trans-Am!" Sumeragi order the three pilots. "Increase GN Field to maximum output. Ptolemy, begin emergency ascent. Ride the explosions."

"Here we go!" using the boost from the resulting explosions, Lasse pushed the ship upwards out of the ocean.

"Change Ptolemy over to airborne mode." Sumeragi ordered.

"Switching over." Sasha activated the airborne mode once the ship shot out of the water.

In the air...

"What speed..." Louise gawked at the rapidly ascending ship.

"That's not the speed of a battleship." even Andrei was surprised.

"Commence interception." Barrack ordered.

Andrei took charge and went after the Ptolemaios II, only to be fended off by a series of Valiant cannon blasts. "Our weapons are useless." the younger Smirnov exclaimed, his fellow Ahead pilots were dodging fire from the two Valiant cannons on the Ptolemaios' back.

In the Ptolemaios II's bridge...

"All gun-ports open." Feldt declared.

"Sasha, I'm counting you." Sumeragi told their weaponry handler. "Fire a barrage!"

In response, Sasha let loose an array of Wombat atmospheric missiles at the attacking Aheads, in addition to the Valiant cannon blasts.

In the air...

"Stop running, Celestial Being!" Louise roared, chasing after the Ptolemaios, despite her squad being taken down by the missile barrage.

In the stratosphere...

"I only need to change their angle of ascent by three degrees." Revival took aim with his GN Mega Launcher. "That's not a problem with this Gadessa." he fired the Mega Launcher at the Ptolemaios' bow.

In the Ptolemaios II's bridge...

"We've passed six hundred kilometers." Feldt reported.

"A little more and we're out of the atmosphere." Lasse encouraged.

"Our ascent angle's been changed?" Sumeragi noticed the altered angle. "The enemy commander is really good."

"Ptolemy is at ten thousand kilometers." Feldt added. "Now passing lower orbital ring."

"Attack from enemy forces." Mileina added, the ship coming under fire from Lieutenant Colonel Lee Zhejiang's forces.

"We just exceeded the Trans-Am time limit." Feldt gasped. "We'll lose the GN Field until it recharges."

"The upper hull has been hit." Mileina turned to Sumeragi after the GN Field vanished.

"What are the enemy numbers?" Lasse asked.

"The enemy consists of one cruiser, escorted by six mobile suits." Feldt answered.

In Lee's Baikal...

"They had reinforcements?" Lee frowned when 00 shot down two GN-X IIIs. "That suit is different. Did they perform an emergency launch while breaking through the atmosphere?"

In the battlefield...

"I'll crush their mothership in one blow." Setsuna closed in on Lee's Baikal. "00, eliminating the target." he fired off two V-shaped energy blasts from his rifle, destroying the battleship.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.