Title:
Human Touch
Chapter 3: Target Acquired
Source: After War: Gundam X
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam X or any of it's characters.
Brief description: Ah the plot thickens ^_^. . . . . or thins. . . .
you decided lol
URL: go here for pics and info on the character and Mecha of this story.
http://www.akurei.50megs.com/mecha/index.html
Author's notes: I just added pics of more cast members and mecha for
everyone to see. Now for those that haven't seen the series you can see what
everyone looks like ^_^.
Witz awoke quite painfully in the infirmary. He had his right arm in a sling and his ribs were bandaged. In the bed across from him was Garrod with his head bandaged and fighting with the doctor to let him go. A nurse sat beside the bad and started to fill him in on what happened after he blacked out. Witz had been out cold for almost a week. In that time The Freeden's crew had been contacting every Vulture group in range asking for any information on the location of the two gundams Virsago and Ashtaron. They even contacted some of the lesser trustworthy information brokers, people who made their living in the AW world by selling info and secrets. For the past few days Garrod had kept trying to take one of the gundams and go after her, but each time he was restrained, this last attempt put him in the infirmary. Garrod's shouting was giving Witz and even bigger headache until he finally threw a nearby bowl at Garrod's head. As soon as he was out cold, the nurse continued with her story. . .
~Flash back~
Tifa walked right up to Virsago, it's megasonic cannon still charged and ready to fire. Shagia, the older Frost brother and pilot of Virsago looked down at her with a smirk. He retracted the dragon claws and deactivated the cannon. "Surrender acknowledged" he said coldly. As Olba Frost in Ashtaron kept an eye on the Freeden Virsago's arm reached down to Tifa and picked her up. Meanwhile the crew of the Freeden could only watch helplessly. The battleship's arsenal had been completely used up in the many battles they have been in recently and the gundams were still unable to fight. As soon as both gundams had shot into the sky and were out of sight the whole crew ran out to the downed Airmaster to check on the pilot. After prying the hatch open they pulled out Witz, he had a broken arm and cracked ribs, but otherwise wasn't too badly injured.
Kid looked up at the wrecked gundam they just pulled in. The sight of it almost made him breakdown, five straight days of work, down the drain. Nearly all the armor would have to be replaced and lunar titanium wasn't easy to come by these days. Not to mention the various damaged systems and it's smashed up left hand which is landed on when it fell. "BAKAYARO! Why did you have to go and do something stupid like this?!" After calming down he started to do more work on GX and Leopard. As he walked over to the suits he noticed guards once again pulling Garrod out of the engineering bay. "He doesn't give up" Kid thought to himself.
~End flash back
Witz sat back while trying to take it all in. He was told that for the 5 days he was out, that the Freeden had met with other ships and were able to get most of the repairs done as well as restock on weapons and supplies. Right now the main focus was on finding a way to get Tifa back. Another ship, that also had a grudge to settle with the Feds joined with them as part of a plan to attack the Northern military base where they believed her to be held. Now it was simply a matter of time before they were in shape to go on with their plans.
Tifa awoke in an unsettlingly familiar environment. She was on a bed, surrounded by various devices and medical equipment. There were four people in lab coats and two guards at the door. As she tired to get up she was held back by restraints on her wrists and ankles. One of the people in white coats came up to her and placed a large dome-like device over her head, "Just relax and you won't feel a thing" he said. It was the same as before, or at least all she could recall from before she was on the Freeden, tests and more tests. In another room a group of older men in military uniforms observed the tests. "She could be the one we've been looking for. An actually living newtype" one said. Another snorted and replied "Thats what you said about the last one." A third took a deep inhale of his cigar, "If the Vultures want her this badly then she must have some ability. It has been confirmed they are in possession of 3 old newtype gundams. Perhaps they have discovered surviving mobile bits* as well." Yet another stood up and said "Either way we'll find out soon enough. The new large mobile armor* the MAN-003 Patuura is almost complete. We'll see if she really can control it."
. . . . to be continued
~Akurei_GX
*Mobile Bits - unmanned mobile suits that are telepathically remote controlled by a newtype pilot, the newtype's suit must be equipped with the "Flash system" in order for this to work and the pilot must be a newtype.
*Mobile Armor - the name given to large mobile weapons that are NOT humanoid as mobile suits are, meaning, no arms, legs and such, they often take the form of large attack vehicle or ships.