This guy was definitely getting my repair bill.


After another try of hailing I dropped my rifle and brought out my beam saber and rushed him. If I did not stop his gatling guns soon both DSH and the Zero would be destroyed. I lunged toward him trying to disable the gatlings. He doges, he move surprisingly fast for so heavy a gundam. I lunge again being wearier of his speed. He doges once more moving fast, but I'm faster. I sear one of the gatlings in half. He still uses it to fire; the bullets are faster but not as accurate. I move to cut the arm off completely off when my computer beeps a warning. I turn to see a SC rising to the surface. They were being manufactured under ground! I had to destroy it before it was activated. I pick up my beam rifle and take careful aim and fire. It was a direct hit, but did I destroy it? There is so much smoke I can't see.


"Its still standing!: I can't believe it. The SC moves and retracts its shields. To survive my blast it would have to have a shielding capability stronger then the Mercrius! I dropped my rifle, right now its useless (AN: for the people that really like the rifle, like me, don't worry it will be back), I will have to upgrade it later... if I'm still alive. I hack at it with my beam saber... WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THIS THING MADE OUT OF? My saber is barely denting it. What ever it's made out of it may be stronger than gundamium. The computer beeps another warning. Another SC is surfacing. The DSH attacks one with gusto. I notice that its saber is doing about as much damage as my saber. Seeing this I return my attention to the SC I'm fighting.


Of course the SC aren't just standing there while we hack at them. They are attacking us back. I am able to doge most of the SC's attacks because the Zero system lets me see them before hand, but I am beginning to wonder who was doing the most damage to my gundam. The HA or the SC. I still haven't figured that one out.


The Ha is still just firing at every thing. I wisely maneuver the SC between me and the HA, the DSH does likewise. Does that guy ever run out of ammo? And do these stupid SC ever die? As the SC attacks me again I relies the answer is no.


Soon after I relies I'm fighting a losing battle (Now I know why the original pilots look so bad) and start contemplating the self destruct button (I know, I know, but self destructing is a family trait) I hear a dull clicking noise. I risk a quick glance in the HA's direction. Will wonders ever cease? He's out of bullets... and missiles to. Now what is he going to do? I soon find out.


The gatlings fall off and a blade flicks out on each wrist. He then starts attacking the SC in such a way this it reminds me I need to fix the paper shredder. I quickly notice that his gundanium blade was doing a lot more damage than my saber has. Just for the sake of experimentation I hit the SC with my shield. Oooohhh, lots of damage. The SC must have a something that protects it from energy attacks. I put away my saber and start whacking the thing with my shield. Crude but affective.


THE HA goes to help the DSH who has nothing but energy attacks and they are quickly destroying the thing... of course mine doesn't have long to live either. Ah finally it blew up. It's about time if you ask me. I hear another explosion. The DSH and the HA have also finished theirs off. The HA pulls out something from its chest cavity, so he's not out of missiles... nope its not a missile it's a bomb. What is with this guy and high explosives? He chucks the very big bomb down the ramp that the SC's have been coming out of and blasts away. I watch him leave and then warning signals start going off in my head. After some quick hacking I discover that were he threw the bomb beside being the main manufacturing place for this base it also housed all the ammunition for the SC's and several large missiles. I quickly sent this info to the DSH, picked up my rifle and a small piece of a SC (Doctor J would want to study it.), and turned into bird mode and flew away. A small
blip on the radar that is the DSH disappears. It must have turned on its cloak; at least it was heading away from the base. This probably means we will meet each other again.



I blast off to L12 for some much needed repairs (thanks HA). Making a mental note to remind me to get the HA pilot's address so I could send him the repair bill.


When I get back to the colony I yell at Doctor J because he failed to inform me about the other pilots. He needed to use a hearing aid for a week afterwards.