Chapter Three: The Waltz Begins Anew

It seemed as though Solo Maxwell was not the only child of the Gundam Pilots to contemplate entering the war. Already, three other Mobile Suits were heading towards the Moon at that very moment, although for each, their own reasons.

From one direction came the rebuilt Heavy ARMS Revenge Gundam. Piloted by Raphaela Barton, it was a red, monstrous Mobile Suit, covered in all types of armaments. She would not stand idly by and watch as this...Neo OZ tarnished the Gundam namesake her father had made.

From another direction came the Shenlong Dragoon Gundam, piloted by Treize Chang, son of Wu Fei. It was a standard model mobile suit basicly. But, the staff it carried and the two dragons on it's arms gave it a very intimidating look indeed, not to mention the mysterious hatches in the chest and back of the Gundam. His father had been missing for the past few weeks. Treize suspected Neo OZ.

Finally came Odin Yuy piloting the reconstructed ZERO Heaven Gundam. He would not stop until he found out what had happened to hius father, whether it be good or bad. Nevertheless, he suspected this Neo OZ had something to do with it.

And thus there was a new crop of Gundam Pilots. Four of them including Solo, all rounded up by the survivng member of the orignal team, Duo Maxwell. The Gundams were needed once more.

~

Three days had passed. Nothing had really happened with the Fang situation. The Gundam children had hidden out in seperate areas of Space and the Earth. Then, the Fang made their move.

At 3:00 PM, on April 11, AC 225, the leader of the Fang took over the television airwaves. He proclaimed himself as Quinze Noventa. He wore a leather mask with tiny eyeholes that gave no indication of pupils. Then, he spoke.

"People of the Earth-Sphere. My name is Quinze Noventa. I am the leader of the Fang. Today, we officially declare war upon the Earth-Sphere United Nations...or what's left of them anyway. We have reawakened the war machines known as Mobile Dolls. If we do not recieve a public surrender by President Killgrave, or one of his Neo OZ associates, then we will be forced to attack a random colony.

"Don't think these are empty threats, either. As proof of our power, we will attack a point on Earth that is completely neutral, as of now." Suddenly, the screen changed to a map of Europe. Marked with a large, white dot was Rome, Italy. Then, Quinze continued, "Only seconds ago, my forces of Mobile Dolls known as the SAGITARIUS just destroyed the city of Rome. This is only a warning. To President Killgrave, we would like your surrender within the hour. Good day." The screen shut off.

~

As could be expected, Neo OZ refused to surrender. An hour after the Fang's threat, a force of Mobile Dolls known as the SCORPIOs were detected heading toward the colony X-18999.

They arrived quickly and decimated a fraction of the colony within seconds. That was when the LEOs and TAURUS' of Neo OZ showed up, followed by the Neo Gundams.

The battle raged on for hours, totally annihilating the surrounding area. The Ephyon Tyranus grabbed a SCORPIO and was about to throw him into the capital building when he felt something grab his arm. It was the ZERO Heaven Gundam.

Ephyon slowly turned around and lashed it's whip at ZERO, who dodged it. The whip continued on, though, and knocked down the charging Heavy ARMS Revenge. Three of the Gundam children were there as Solo descended upon the battle, swinging his Dual Edged Scythe at all enemies. He engaged the Angel Wing Gundam.

"Killgrave!" Solo cried, "What's the meaning of this battle?" Killgrave smiled and thrusted his shield at the Deathscythe Shinigami.

"There is no true meaning to war!" retorted Killgrave, "What is the meaning of your interference?"

Solo smiled, "I'm just here for the thrill!" He sliced at Killgrave.

Raphaela, meanwhile, fired round after round at Rasid.

"Your father was the man mine admired most!" Raphaela screamed, "How can you be so wrong in your actions when your father was just?" Rasid snarled and charged at the Heavy ARMS Revenge.

"How do you know that what we're doing isn't the right thing?!" Rasid yelled back.

Raphaela doged Rasid's attack and could only say, "Look around you, Rasid. Is the loss of innocent life the right thing?"

Odin looked to his left and his right. Howard in his Hydra Serpent and Khushrenada in his Ephyon Tyranus had him trapped. Suddenly, Jion Marquise in his Tallgeese Knight hovered down.

"Mr. Milliardo, Mr. Howard!" he cried, "Leave the Wing ZERO to me!" Ephyon and Serpent stepped back. Howard stepped back right into the dragon of the Shenlong Dragoon. It burrowed deep into his back.

Howard shouted out a curse word and suddenly dropped off the torso of his Gundam!

"I'm not stupid!" Howard proclaimed, "When I rebuilt these Gundams, I took into mind all the attacks of the other Gundams... just in case the Fang got their hands on them. The Shenlong/ Altron series of Gundams sent their Dragons into the torso of their opponents. Thus, I made a detachable torso so that we might escape!" Howard began to fly off.

"Do you always talk so much?" Treize yelled, "I could have destroyed you at any time! Now I have to chase after you!" But Treize had to think to himself, 'This smaller version of the Gundam doesn't have as much weight to carry around! There's no way I can catch up with him!' As Howard flew off out of the artificial atmosphere, he stopped at the sheer sight of the gigantic Peacemillion V.

"Hey!" Duo yelled over the Shenlong's wavelength, "If that's you in there Wu Fei, here's a little help!" Treize bowed his head. He charged at Howard. Howard could only sit there, frozen in fear. He watched as Treize sped right by him and ripped into the side of the Peacemillion V.

"I don't need any help!" Treize yelled, "And neither would my father!"

Solo stopped what he was doing and watched as Howard flew off. Treize followed after him, and Solo went after Treize. Killgrave shrugged and retreated.

Odin swiped at Jion with his Beam Sabre. Marquise sidestepped it and smiled. "You're nothing." Jion muttered. He raised his own Beam Sabre and prepared to strike at Odin, who prepared for his death.

"Jion!" Milliardo cried, "Come! This battle is over! All the Fang soldiers have retreated! Let's go." Jion stared at Odin, holding his sword still.

"'Till we meet again." he said as he flew off into space. The Neo OZ forces and the Fang Dolls were all gone, leaving the Gundams alone.

Manwhile, Solo had caught up with the enraged Treize. He pinned his arms against the side of the Peacemillion V.

"Show me your Dragons now, Chang!" Solo sneered, ready to headbutt the Shenlong in a moment's notice. Then, the hidden hatch in the front of the Shenlong Dragoon opened up, revealing a third Dragon, which sent Solo flying off into space.

Treize began to battle again, but Raphaela stopped him. "We all have the same goal." she said, "Let's join forces, at least for now." Treize looked over at Solo and sneered. Then, he agreed, as did Solo and Odin.

~

In the secret Fang HQ in Berlin, Germany, Quinze Noventa stood next to his butler, Pagan, and his head of Mobile Doll manufacturing, the son of the inventor of the dolls, Vinsfeld Tubarov. He picked up a phone and pressed a speed dial button. A familiar voice answered.

"President Killgrave," said Quinze, "All is going according to plan. The Gundams are indeed still active. The factions of Neo OZ and the Fang will have a war. Do you have Mr. Chang in custody?"

"Yes." replied Killgrave.

"Excellent." continued Quinze, "All the pieces are coming together quite nicely, and these new Gundam pilots will give us an opportunity to hasten our plans.
Our next address will happen tomorrow. Inform Milliardo." Killgrave bursted out with laughter, as did Quinze and Tubarov.

"Good day, Marshall." He hung up the phone.
Quinze stood up and Pagan removed his jacket. He set it on a coat rack next to a long, black trenchcoat with an OZ insignia on it.

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BOOYA! - Matt Ryan