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May 8, 1999: Milky Way: Midgar
"I'm home!" Tomas called into the house as he closed the door behind him. Harry simply stood there awkwardly.
"Oh, Tomas, you're finally back," Kara answered homely as the she approached them. "Oh, and Harry's here too." Harry looked at her oddly, unable to understand.
"Mom, we need to talk," Tomas said uneasily.
Ten minutes later found Harry sitting in a tree outside his supposed family's modest home. Inside, Tomas and Kara discussed the very man who now sat in one of their trees as though he were a son. Inside, the younger pilot had no idea why these people would possibly care about him.
After reviewing what had happened over the past few years, he supposed that it might be possible that these people did know him. Seeing as how SG1 claimed that he hadn't been with them for several months and that Tomas was the last person to see him 'alive' that gave their story some merit.
On the other hand, these people might just be manipulating him. While he didn't like to suspect anyone, a person must explore all the possible options before making a decision. He would have to meet this Thor person to be…
"I'm home!" Harry's musings slipped from his consciousness as a young girl appeared underneath the tree he sat in. The girl, no older than Cassandra back on Earth, had the same brown hair as he did. She felt his gaze and looked up at him. "Harry! I didn't know you'd be visiting!" Immediately she dropped her backpack and climbed into the tree he sat in.
"Ronnie?" he muttered slowly as the child approached him. Without hesitation she clamped her arms around his neck. Something broke.
Immense pain tore through his mind the moment she made contact. Images, sounds, people, everything flashed through his mind at rapid pace. He remembered his friends, his family gathered around him as Thor brought him to Midgar for a visit. He remembered his ten year old self holding a small child in his arms. He remembered the same child, seven years later playing a card game with him and Tomas.
He remembered everything in a small child's hug.
When Aunt Kara and Tomas exited the house at the young girl's voice, they found the two of them sitting in a tree, just as they were.
May 8, 1999: Milky Way: Midgar
"After all of that, all it took for you to remember was for Ronnie to hug you," Tomas shook his head as Harry sipped his tea indignantly.
"I remember now, don't I?" he said. "That was your goal and now it's been fulfilled. The end justifies the means, isn't that what you always used to say?"
"Yeah, but man, who'd have thought that something as not masculine as a hug would jog your memory," Tomas muttered as he finally sat down across from his cousin.
"What's wrong, Tomas?" Harry wondered setting his tea to the ground. "Are you too insecure in your own masculinity that you can't even hug a girl? It's no wonder you never could keep a girl for more than four weeks."
"Yeah, and what do you say about you?" Tomas challenged with a smirk. "You've never even had a girlfriend!"
"Oh yes, a girl would just love to sit in the back seat of the Chimera and watch me slaughter thousands of people," Harry almost laughed. "In my line of work, romance is a minor priority. In fact, it's so minor that it didn't even come up in my mission objectives."
"Oh, so you'll only get a date if you're directly ordered by Thor to do so? Come on, man; that one time you went with me to school every girl there was drooling over you and you never even batted an eye!"
"Honestly I would rather fight a squadron of Death Gliders than worry about the opposite sex," Harry shook his head.
"It's like you're still a child," Tomas muttered around a light chuckle. Blinding light filled the room.
May 8, 1999: Milky Way: Midgar: High Orbit: Beliskner
And Tomas fell flat on his ass. Harry, used to this transport, barely caught himself on a pedestal.
"And that was why I was standing earlier!" Tomas grumbled as he stood along with Harry. Thor sat in his high backed throne looking at them in the Asgard version of an amused expression. "So, Uncle Thor, what're you doing here?"
"Did you honestly expect that I would not come to see my own Son?" Thor asked offended. "Harry, are you okay?"
"I'm fine now, Dad," Harry assured. "My memories are back though there is one big hole as to what happened over the last year or so. Do you have any ideas as to what could have caused it?"
"In all honesty I do not have any idea how it happened," Thor shook his head. "This kind of thing has never happened before. However, I do have several scientists looking into it. If anyone can find anything they can. There is also an ulterior motive for my being here." Thor moved something on a pedestal and screen appeared in midair. "We received this data transmission two hours ago." He fell silent as the audio began.
"This is Garn, Commander of the Nox Military calling the Asgard High Council," a man's voice said. "There is a Coup D'etat in progress! The rebels have captured the armories orbit and on the ground. Intense fighting has broken out throughout the city. We are unable to fully contain the situation and are request support from the Asgard in the form of Mobile Suit support! Please render…" the audio cut out.
"If you received this video two hours ago the city could have been completely captured by now," Tomas realized. He stared at his uncle. "What are we going to do about it?"
"Though we have had little contact over the last few decades, the Alliance is still in effect," Thor nodded. "We are obligated to render assistance in any way we can."
"The Nox have some of the most advanced military technology among the Races," Harry shook his head. "It won't be easy. Our Mobile Suits won't stand a chance if they have seasoned pilots on their side."
"Along with the audio transmission, a data pack was sent that had the location of several prototype Mobile Suits," Thor continued. "Provided that the two of you can infiltrate and seize the armory where the suits are kept, another Team will be able to join you in the retaking of the city."
"Harry, couldn't we use the Chimera for this mission?" Tomas inquired. "It would be a perfect test."
"No, none of the weapons systems have been created yet," Harry shook his head. "Only the internal machine cannons are operational and the weaponry that I had created already was on the Corona when it was destroyed." Tomas whistled.
"I always did love a good mission," Tomas granted.
"You just loved the women that would fall on top of you after a mission," Harry corrected, already moving to avoid a swat. "Alright, I need to be back on the Galileo in three hours. That's the amount of time we have for this mission to go off without a hitch. Let's get moving." Thor nodded and the Beliskner jumped into hyperspace.
(End Chapter)
Alright people, this is a chapter that I'm probably going to receive a lot of heat for so I'll try and clean up as many issues here as I can.
A: My Mobile Suits are only sixteen to eighteen feettall so the size argument does not work. B: I am going to have the next chapter be the point where Mobile Suits are largely removed from the story so I wanted it to go out with a bang. C: I cannot use the fighters on the Galileo because hitting a humanoid target with a fast moving aircraft that cannot hover would be next to impossible without getting hit. D: Anything else is easily mended after all of the above and anything that I hear later will be addressed in a pre-chapter Author's Note. Until next time (don't kill me, and you know who you are) Ja Ne.