BattleMechs: Tears of Naman

Foreword: Hey guys, this is the first original fiction that I have created after getting inspired from writing my 1st fanfic, Innocence of the Battlefield. I'm aware that the original fiction is almost similar to well-known popular anime, Gundam Seed but instead of focusing on the main character on the winning team, I want to focus on what if a character itself is captured by the enemy forces and decides to join the enemy forces to correct his/her sin. Also, I want to explore how the enemy forces would be forced to confront their own hatred of their enemies and take the necessary steps to purge their hatred. This is how my original fiction, BattleMechs: Tears of Naman, was born. I hope that you like this original fiction and do not hesitate to provide any constructive feedback that can be used to improve my writing for future chapters of this original fiction. Furthermore, I don't mind if you are able to draw a fanart of Tiana DeWitt (I'm literally sucks at drawing anime figures so I really need someone to help draw it out for me) in a Crimson Military Uniform and Pilot Suit (please consult me first so I can provide you the details of the character you are drawing) so that I can put it as a book cover for this original fiction please. If you are interested in seeing this original fiction to become a Webtoon or Comic, please PM me and we can discuss it from there. Thank you.

Disclaimer: This is a work of original fiction. Any resemblance to actual locations, characters, events and incidents are purely coincidental.

Chapter 0: A Naman's Past

In the near future of the 23rd Century, humanity was able to accomplish much in improving technologies that they began making overseas colonies in space. However in the year 2244, humanity will wage war themselves once again as both the United Earth Organization (UEO) and declared war (1st Cosmo War) with the NeoEvo Confederacy due to the 'Nuke of Cosmonia' incident. Despite the military wing of UEO, United Earth Military (UEM) outnumbers the Confederacy's Defense Alliance of Evomans (DAE) and was said they would beat them quickly, it was proven false since 1 year after the war had started, the UEM forces couldn't secure any victory over their enemies and is stuck in a stalemate with the DAE forces.

Few years before the 1st Cosmo War…

"Mommy, why should I not hate the Evomans? Why should I treat them with respect when they are literally not like us?" a 5-year old Naman named Tiana DeWitt curiously asked her mother. "Sweetheart, Evomans are just another type of ordinary human beings just like us. Even though they may be borned different, we should not be scared by them. Don't forget the first Evoman named Oliver Burton was borned from a complete Naman family so Evomans are still part of humanity as well." Sarah tries to reason with her daughter. "But papa said we should stay away from them. He told me that Evomans are monsters with no human soul in it" Tiana disagrees. Sarah shook her head in disagreement and proceeded to tell her the following, "Don't believe everything your father said Tiana, I have met some Evomans in my life when I was working overseas, they are quite nice and really collaborate with you." Sarah tries to change her daughter's mindset and perception of Evomans. "But…" Tiana tried to argue back but she was stopped by her mother. "Tiana, I know you are afraid of Evomans. But once you meet them, your perception of them will change. How about like this, you wanted to go learn dance when you hit 6 years old next year right? I will allow you to learn dance but it must be taught by an Evoman. Evomans are excellent in teaching dance and sports." Sarah persuades. "Fine, I hope an Evoman teaches me well in dancing." Tiana let out a heavy sigh as she had no other choice but to accept her mother's decision if she wanted to learn how to dance. After Tiana's mother enrolls in a dance class that is taught by a professionally trained Evoman dance teacher, Tiana at first have some doubts at first but slowly overtime, she is grateful that she was taught by an Evoman since it helps to improve her dance style and movements and also, goes on to win some awards from various dancing competitions across the country. Hence, this helps Tiana to shed some Anti-Evomans thoughts within her mindsets and starts to doubt her father's Anti-Evomans teachings. Because of that, her father Fred found out that her daughter was taught by an Evoman for dance and he had some intense arguments with his wife late at night after Tiana went to bed. Despite receiving disapproval from her father of learning dance through an Evoman, Tiana was able to continue to learn dancing under the same Evoman dance teacher with her mother's support. However, things are going to change unfavorably for Tiana when she reaches 10 years old. In year 2240, a horrifying tragedy occurs in the Vatican City when several groups of unknown terrorists stormed the entire Vatican City leaving hundreds of people dead from the attacks. This event will become known as the Tragedy of Vatican City. It was reported that the entire staff of the United Nations, the Pope and the first Evoman to be born, Oliver Burton were killed in the attack. It was shown from the live footage that the terrorists used weapons created by the DAE military to storm the Vatican City and kill everyone present on that day and shocks Tiana to the core as she realized Evomans are responsible for the tragedy. However, her mom told Tiana that the terrorists were not from DAE but from Green Vision since she heard from her husband Fred preaching Green Vision's Anti-Evomans ideology and how he successfully urged Green Vision to destroy the UN and the Pope during the mediation talks 2 weeks before the terror attacks. Surprised by what she just heard from her mother, Tiana wants to confront her father but her mother persuades her not to and lets her talk to Tiana's father instead.

Tiana's Room, DeWitt Mansion, Washington D.C, AUF, 9 June 2230, 2200 hrs

"So what?! At least, I do the right thing to protect me and my family from these unholy abominations by urging Green Vision to storm Vatican City and kill the entire Pro-Evoman United Nations and the Pope!" Fred shouted in defense. "How could you do that? Evomans are like us too. Because of this terror attack, you just condemn an entire race…." before Sarah could finish her sentence, a quick punch landed swiftly on Sarah's face. "In the god's name, don't you ever lecture me about sparing a thought of Evomans for their plight!" Fred bellows like a mad man as he delivers a heavy punch on Sarah's face. "Evomans are a threat to our humanity. They will destroy our culture and way of life. Get out of the house you Evoman lover! I would never want to see you again!" Fred shouted at the top of voice as he ordered his wife to leave the family's mansion. Saddened and at the same time angry at what Fred did to her, Sarah heads to her room and begins packing her clothes and other necessary items as she decides to leave the mansion and never ever return again. Unbeknownst to Sarah and Fred, Tiana just witnessed what Fred did to her mother through a small opening of the door and was speechless on why her father would punch her mother over a race issue. Not wanting to attract any attention from her father, Tiana goes into her bed and cries silently as she tries to comprehend what just happened.

Tiana's Room, DeWitt Mansion, Washington D.C, AUF, 10 June 2230, 0000 hrs

The door creaked as it opened since someone entered Tiana's without making any audible noises. Tiana, wake up. My dear, I need to talk to you. A familiar voice speaks to Tiana. Immediately, Tiana rubs her eyes as she slowly opens up her eyes and is surprised to see her mother Sarah standing in front of her. "Mother, what is going on? Why did papa hit you?" Tiana whimpers while asking her mother. I'm okay sweetheart. Sarah assures her daughter. Your father Fred, is not a good man so I'm officially parting ways with him from now on by divorcing him and I'm leaving the house tonight. Sarah says. "You are leaving the house? How about me?" Tiana asks in a worried tone. "I'm so sorry sweetheart, I couldn't bring you along with me. I wanted to bring you with me too but if I do that your father would hunt us down and kill both of us since he's part of an extremist group named Green Vision. So it's better that you stay here until I can find a way to bring you out from this house and leave with me safely." Sarah feels sorry that she had no other choice but to leave her daughter behind. "I know it must be hard for you to hear this but please bear with it right now. I will one day meet you again and take you to a place somewhere safe from an unruly person like your father. Here, I will be giving you a device. It contains notes in it on why I chose to leave your father and the purpose of Green Vision. Ensure that your father must not know about the device or its contents." Sarah passes the device to her daughter while instructing it. Tiana at first hesitated but eventually nodded her head in agreement. "Good girl. For the next few years, I want you to finish your education in high school and go off to college as soon as possible. But I want you to enroll in a college that is not part of the American Union Federation (AUF) or in any of the nations controlled by the United Earth Organisation (UEO). Once you graduate from college, I want you to come look for me at the Merlion statue located in the Capital of the Oceania Union (OU), Singapore. Once you are at the Merlion statue, I want you to press this button shown on this device and I will be there to meet you." Sarah kisses her daughter's forehead after finishing instructing her on what to do after graduating from college. "Wait, why are you going to the Capital of the OU?" Tiana asked with a surprising look. "I'm going to the Oceania Union to look for a place to settle down and get a job quickly so that once everything is settled over there, I can start planning on how to relocate you safely without arousing any suspicion from your father. Then you can live with me again without having to worry about your father Fred hurting us again." Sarah hugs her daughter tightly while a tear flows out from her left eye. "I have to go now Tiana. Remember my instructions on what to do for the next few years and I will see you again at the Merlion Statue in Singapore once you have graduated from college. See you again sweetheart." Sarah pats her daughter's head before she wipes her tears as she exits Tiana's room and closes the door silently before carrying all her belongings and luggage to the main door of the DeWitt mansion.

Saddened to see her mother just left the family, Tiana looks out from her room's window and sees her mother walking towards the main road outside the family's manor estate. Moments later, an unknown car arrives at the entrance of the DeWitt family's manor estate and someone alights from the car to tend to her mother by taking her luggage and putting it into the car's trunk. "Are you sure it is ok to leave your daughter behind, Lieutenant DeWitt?" the car driver asked Sarah. "I have to Chief Petty Officer Johnson. If I bring my daughter, Fred DeWitt would come after us and kill us both. Don't forget he's a high ranking official of Green Vision." Sarah informs the car driver. "I hope you don't regret your decision, Lieutenant." The car driver closes the trunk of the car after putting all of Sarah's bag and luggage neatly in the trunk. "Not at all. I will bring my daughter along later when she's older. If I bring her now, she would not believe what I'm doing at the moment." Sarah said to the car driver before looking back at her daughter looking from the window of her room. 'I hope you will be able to come look for me once you finish college. Stay safe and be strong Tiana.' Sarah waves goodbye at her daughter one last time before the car driver opens up the door for her to enter the vehicle. Soon the car departs from the DeWitt's mansion estate and the car slowly disappears from Tiana's view as it heads down to the city center of Washington D.C. 'Mama, why did you leave now? Especially on my birthday?' Tiana sadly thought to herself before looking at the device given by her mother earlier. 'It got a Singapore Merlion shape on the device. Hmm, this device can only plug in using USB ports.' Tiana thought to herself as she observed the device with every detail. After carefully observing the device, Tiana decided to continue sleeping and vowed to meet her mother again after she graduated from college.

Dining Room, DeWitt Mansion, Washington D.C, AUF, 10 June 2230, 0800 hrs

After a few hours of sleeping, Tiana was woken up by the family butler, Mr Stevens and she went to the bathroom to refresh herself before she heads down the dining room to have her breakfast and then, head off to school. As she is packing her school bag with the books needed for the day, she was thinking about the events last night. 'I hope it's just a dream. Don't think so much, it's my birthday today.' Tiana thought as she closed her school bag and carried it behind her back before leaving her room. As she heads down to the dining room following Mr Stevens, Tiana hopes everything will be alright for the day and looks forward to celebrating her birthday with her mother and father together. However, Tiana will soon realize that the events that happened last night were real and weren't a bad dream. "Morning Papa." Tiana greeted her father upon seeing her father Fred eating breakfast on the dining table. Her father greeted back and Tiana was surprised that her mother wasn't at the dining hall. "Papa, where's Mommy?" Tiana asked her father. "I'm sorry Tiana. Your mother Sarah is no longer here in this house and family from today onwards." Fred informs Tiana with a heavy heart. Instantly, Tiana was heartbroken as she was in disbelief that the events that had happened last night turned out to be real. "Did she talk to you and give you anything last night?" Fred asked Tiana while staring at her suspiciously. Remembering her mother's instructions to her that Fred must never know the device that was given by her last night, Tiana chooses to lie to her father. "No Papa, mommy did not talk to me or give me anything last night. I was sleeping and had no idea what had happened to her." Tiana calmly lied to her father without giving a hint. "Good good. Now I'm going to tell you what really happened to your mother last night. Your mother Sarah decided to leave our family last night and run off with a male Evoman from the NeoEvo Confederacy. Because of those damn Evomans, now they are destroying our family by stealing our own family members. So remember this Tiana, never ever trust the Evomans, they tend to steal Namans from their families so that they can use them to carry their offspring and increase the populations of Evomans. This is why they are Naman's number one enemy and they are monsters." Fred reminds her daughter with a heavy warning that Evomans are not to be trusted and they were a huge threat to Tiana's family. "Since your mother is gone, I want you to stop going to your dance class. I would rather you start learning self-defense classes like Muay Thai or Krav Maga so that you can protect yourself and this family from the evil veiled beings called Evoman. Also, I will bring you to Green Vision and start learning the Anti-Evomans teachings of Green Vision and its ideology as well. You will understand why we can never accept Evomans as part of humanity." Fred tried to reason with Tiana on why he wants her to embrace Anti-Evoman ideology as he wants her daughter to follow his footsteps and become a high-ranking Green Vision official as well. "But, I wanted to be a dancer too." Tiana protests. "No buts, Tiana. Do you know that Namans who dance a lot in their lifetime can cause a human embryo to become Evoman, Tiana?" Fred asked her daughter with a hint of irritation. "What do you mean?" Tiana asks uncomfortably. "Well, there's a recent scientific report found out that Evomans tend to be born through evolution from Namans family who had dance professionally in their lifetime. I do not want to see my daughter getting ostracized by others in the future just because she gave birth to Evomans. I would be damned by god if my grandkids were born to be Evomans naturally!" Fred raises his voice as he finishes his statement. "So I will be assigning you to self-defense classes and Anti-Evomans lessons sponsored by Green Vision. You will be going through these classes from next week onwards." Fred pauses for a moment before continuing. "Don't hate me for doing this, I'm doing this for the sake of my family and a greener future so that my descendents can live in peace and harmony." Fred stood up as he finished his breakfast while Mr Stevens took his plate to the Kitchen for washing. "I'm going to depart for the AUF Capitol Hill since I have a congressional meeting in the afternoon so I will be home by dinner time. Hence, I instructed Mr Stevens to prepare a sumptuous meal for our family dinner and buy your favorite birthday cake to celebrate your 10th birthday tonight. Don't be late for school today and see you tonight, Tiana." Fred pats her daughter's head before he leaves the manor with his working briefcase.

As Tiana was only left alone in the dining room to finish her breakfast, she wonders if there is any way out from being forced to learn and accept Green Vision's Anti-Evoman ideology by her father. However, Tiana realized that there is no way out since her father completely controls her future and way of life from that day onwards once her mother left the family. The only way out she has is the set of instructions that her mother briefed to her fully last night. Knowing that the only chance for her to distance herself from the racist ideology imposed by his father is to join the self-defense classes and Anti-Evomans lessons sponsored by Green Vision until she can enroll in colleges located in the Oceania Union. 'Don't worry mommy, I will do everything I can for the next 4.5 years to ensure that I can be reunited once again. Just don't blame me if you found out I have to accept Green Vision's racist Anti-Evoman's ideology.' Tiana looks at the device one more time before putting it away in her wallet for safekeeping. With nothing else to think of and since she finishes her breakfast, Tiana passes her plate to Mr Stevens before carrying her school bag and leaves the family mansion to head for school. Over the next 4.5 years and under the direction of her father, Tiana was sent to a community center run by Green Visions where she was indoctrinated with Anti-Evomans teachings and learned how to fight against Evomans with cruelty and barbarism. Despite feeling uncomfortable with the Anti-Evomans teachings taught by the Green Vision staff, she knew that it was hard for her not to reject those racist teachings since she was aware that the Green Vision staff members are monitoring her movements and thoughts as well. One wrong step could lead her to be reported back to her father and she may have to face his wrath and potential violence from him as well. So the only way to protect herself from her father's wrath is to pretend embracing Anti-Evomans teachings and hate in-front of Green Vision staff members. Even though Tiana starts to becoming good at feigning preaching Anti-Evomans ideology, Tiana at one point was fully shocked when she was shown how Evomans serving in the DAE military treat UEM P. (Prisoners of War) with cruelty despite the UEM soldiers had surrendered to them and some were seen torturing innocent civilians just because they were Namans. These pictures only help to install a fear of Evomans in Tiana's mind and makes her frightened upon encountering an Evomans. Luckily, once Tiana was able to finish high school with good academic results and was able to convince her father Fred to let her study at well-known colleges located on the OU mainland. But her father will agree to her wish with one condition, "Tiana, I will allow you to go to the Oceania Union for tertiary education but I want you to study Mechanical Engineering Course at the Aseania Technical College located on the OU overseas space colony of Aseania." Fred set a condition for her daughter. "But why in the OU colony of Aseania?" Tiana asked with objection. "Once you finish your Mechanical Engineering studies in Aseania, I want you to be enlisted in the UEM military as a pilot for a new upcoming military unit called BattleMech that will be deployed to fight the Evomans of the DAE military." Fred explains. "If you don't go to Aseania Technical College to continue your studies, I will ensure that you will continue your tertiary education with a college run by Green Vision instead." Fred warns her daughter. Combined of not wanting to go back to be educated by Green Vision affiliated educators and wish to go to the OU to continue her tertiary education, Tiana reluctantly accepted the condition set by her father if she wants to distance herself from her father in the future.

Five years later…

As Tiana enrolled into the Aseania Technical College and started her first semester in the month of January 2245, she have some difficulty adjusting her student life since there are several Evomans do attend the same courses with her especially her class do have an Evoman named Peter Fischer. At first, Tiana is wary about having to work with Evomans when it comes to group projects but after getting to know Peter well, she concludes that the only bad Evomans are those who served in the DAE military or they are from the NeoEvo Confederacy. Hence, this helps her to be able to open up with Peter when it comes to group project meetings and collaborations.

Lion Garden, Aseania Technical College, Colony of Aseania, OU, 2 September 2245, 1250 hrs

At one of the pavilions of the Lion Garden, Tiana is having lunch with Peter and his group of friends: Bo Jin, Mary Aroha, Somporn Arthit and Nitika Inderpal. "Guys, have you heard the recent news about the Siege of Hainan?" Nikita asked. "Yeah, I heard the DAE forces are currently trying to seize Hainan since the island itself has a spaceport. I hope the UEM forces are able to repel the DAE's attacks and ensure that Hainan does not fall to the DAE." Tiana speaks with concern. "Erm, Tiana. Right now, news media on the internet described the island of Hainan has fallen to the DAE forces and the spaceport is officially destroyed by the DAE military." Mary informs Tiana. "Wait, they have taken Henan?" Bo Jin was baffled when he heard that Henan had fallen to the DAE forces. "I hope the NeoEvo Confederacy will not declare war on us since their DAE military is near the Oceania Union's border and also, we have signed a peace treaty with them before so we should be fine." Bo Jin says. "Same here, I don't want the DAE to invade the American Union Federation and destroy my home. Right now, my country is a member of the UEM military and currently, waging war with the NeoEvo Confederacy. I just hope that I get to go home in peace once I finish graduating in 3 years time." Tiana speaks with concern. "Don't worry Tiana, I don't believe your house would be burned down should the war end. Anyway, it's already a year since the 1st Cosmo War and it is a stalemate on both sides. I believe the war will end sooner or later once both sides realize that continuing the war is meaningless." Peter tries to cheer Tiana up. "Thanks Peter, I hope the 1st Cosmo war ends sooner or later." Tiana replied with a small smile appearing on her face. "Guys, we only got 10 minutes to finish our lunch before the next lecture starts at 1pm." Somporn reminds the group. With little time to waste, they quickly finish eating their lunch before rushing to the lecture hall to attend the lesson together.

Unknown Ship, Outside of the Colony of Aseania Undetected, OU, 2 September 2245, 1300 hrs

"So it is confirmed that the OU is collaborating with the UEO to build the BattleMechs for the UEM military based on these photos and espionage reports. We may need to do an immediate surgical strike to raid the Delta Strike Inc and steal the BattleMechs for ourselves." an unknown officer wearing a Black military uniform communicates with another officer. "But sir, if we do that, the Oceania Union will lodge a complaint against us and the Council would not be happy. It's better you wait for a response from the Council before we go ahead with the operation." the officer persuades the other officer to reconsider his decision. "No Captain Manfred. We should do it now before the UEM military gets its hands on the BattleMechs which would kill more of our compatriots in the future. Captain, call in all the crimson pilots to report to the Bridge by 1400 hrs, I have to brief them for the raiding operation." the unknown officer orders the Captain. "Affirmative sir." Captain Manfred accepted the order and tasked one of the soldiers wearing a Green military uniform to inform Saru Tanaka and the rest of the crimson pilots to be at the Bridge by 1400 hrs.

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