Chapter 9
From his vantage point on the main defence line Colonel Harrison could see the Devil Gundam emerge. The sight sent shivers down his spine. Harrison's first ever combat mission had been against the Devil Gundam when it invaded Neo Japan and now all these years later the monster was back. He lifted his beam cannon and burned two holes into a Death Army mobile suit, which subsequently exploded.
'Command how much longer till the civilians are evacuated?' he asked.
'We need more time Sir.' Replied Lisa. Suddenly a signal cut in.
'We heard you army boys need a hand.' Said the new voice, 'So we deceived to lend one.'
The sound of three battleships firing a full broadside followed quickly after he'd stopped speaking. Out in the bay three of the Royal Navy's battleships stood menacingly while a dozen small transports sped in towards the harbour. Neo England was the only country left that still maintained a fleet of battleships. Most considered the mobile suit to be the ultimate weapon, which in most respects it was, but the English always had a deep routed sense of history and could never let these elegant weapons die out.
The battleships fired another full broadside. The barrage fell upon the Death Army shattering mobile suits with ease. Despite the devastation the Death Army kept coming.
'This is probably the only time I've ever been happy to see the Navy,' said Colonel Harrison roughly as he pulled his Casshing Mk2 Custom back to avoid an attack. In the same movement he jabbed his beam cannon into the Death Army mobile suit and fired. 'How long till you navy boys can get the civilians out?'
'No time at all,' said Captain David Beatty, 'Just keep them off our backs a little while. I hope that's something you can do?'
'Oh we could keep this up all day.' Came Harrisons reply, 'I just want to get the civilians out of the way so we can start the fight proper.'
'Yes I'm sure that's the case.' The two commanders, from the two rival branches of Neo England military continued in this fashion for sometime.
Kyoji and Sai Sici had carved out a pocket in the flank of the Death Army. Kyoji could obviously see why Sai Sici was a member of the Shuffle Delegation he fought with such vigour and ferocity Kyoji could barely keep up. The Navy barrages came as a relief letting the two fighters rest up a bit.
'Errm. Uncle Sai Sici.' Asked Kyoji, 'Will my father be coming here?'
'Yeah.' Replied the older fighter, 'And the others too. This fights been a bit quiet without them.'
'What the! Shit!' yelled Kyoji as he saw the Devil Gundam rise itself up. He could exactly see where it came from but a massive blast of energy shot out in a long wide beam towards the base and the city.
The beam barley missed the base but the city wasn't so lucky. The blast burned a wide path straight through and out into the bay where it ripped through one of the battleships, sending the valiant vessel to the deep. All along the beams path fires and explosions ripped up the remainder of the city.
'That monster!' raged Kyoji, 'Arrrrrrrrha! How could it do such a thing.' He was getting mad, really mad and Sai Sici knew what happened when the Shining Gundam's pilot got angry.
Paul lifted the Royal Britain Gundam from the ground. The Ultimate Gundam had sunk his ship. The Rodney. Neo England's oldest battleship. His ship. Grimacing he stared at the Ultimate Gundam knowing that this was a direct challenge to him.
'Colonel. I suggest you pull your men out.' He said calmly, 'You've done all you can. Save what you can.'
'I don't think so.' Was Harrisons reply. Paul turned to look at the Colonel. That was when he saw the Colonels regiment badge. It was the skull and crossed thighbones of a Death's Head with the words 'Or Glory' below. 'We stay, until the end.'
'Ok. I can hardly argue with the 17th Lancers.' Said Paul, 'Cover me. I'm going to kill a monster.'
As Kyoji got angrier and angrier the Shining Gundam came closer and closer to its final form. Kyoji snarled as his cockpit started to turn a lovely shade of red. On the outside the Shining Gundam's shoulder armour raised up sharply and the leg thruster's casings opened up. Then the head fins shot up and the faceplate opened. Shining Gundam Super Mode had been activated.
Kyoji let out an animalistic scream as he charged towards the Devil Gundam. 'My hand is glowing and roaring! It's telling me to defeat you! Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining Finga!' Kyoji yelled. The Shining Gundam charged at blistering speed towards the Devil Gundam with the Shining Finger streaked out far aimed at the monsters head.
'Devil Finger!' yelled the Devil Gundam's unearthly voice. Thrusting down its own reddened hand the Devil Gundam caught the Shining Finger. For a few seconds the two Gundams fought each other until the Shining Gundam's arm shattered, the Shining Finger beaten. The Shining Gundam fell backwards only the smashed in the opposite direction by the Devil Gundam's lobster claw. Despite its size the Devil Gundam was extremely fast getting in below the stricken Shining Gundam and punching it upwards. The Devil Gundam then proceeded to land a series of devastating punches on the defenceless Shining Gundam.
Sai Sici charged towards the Devil Gundam desperate to save Kyoji. The Neo Chinese Fighter tried everything he could but the Devil Gundam's defence was just too strong.
In his cockpit Kyoji could feel every punch hammering his body. Desperately trying to stand up the young Gundam Fighter spat out bloody.
'Father I'm sorry…. I've failed you.'
The Devil Gundam picked up the Shining Gundam by the head with one head. The beast stared at the stricken Gundam before readying its Devil Finger attack. Just when it was about to attack a hail of beam rifle fire blasted its hands causing it to drop the Shining Gundam. With a tremendous crunching sound Paul rammed the butt of his long beam rifle into the Ultimate Gundam's head. He followed up with a roundhouse kick, which sent the Ultimate Gundam off balance.
Landing on the parched earth Paul moved to pick up the Shining Gundam and then took off again. He landed a short way away and place the battered Gundam on the ground.
'Gimme a sec,' managed Kyoji, 'I can still fight.'
'Thanks for the offer my friend,' said Paul gently, 'But this is my fight.'
'You don't have to do this alone,' croaked Kyoji,' Just wait. My father he's coming.'
'Normally I would,' said Paul, 'But there's no time left. For the honour of my people I will defeat the Ultimate Gundam. Do one thing for when this is all over. Tell…tell Lisa that…I…Love her and that I want to be with forever.'
With that the Royal Britain Gundam took off once more, to square off in the ultimate battle with the Ultimate Gundam.
'Paul! Paul! Don't do this!' yelled Kyoji wincing in pain. 'Nooooooooooooooooo!'
'Goodbye my friend,'
It was almost a surreal scene. At one end of the clearing was the Ultimate Gundam and at the other was the Royal Britain Gundam. All around them fires whipped and burned. The two combatants said nothing, merely watching waiting for one to make a move there were no noises other than those of the fires.
'The time is now,' said Paul, 'You wanted me to kill you? Well we do it now. No holding back.'
The Ultimate Gundam let out a roar. Paul could tell that the female shape he'd once spoken too wasn't controlling the Ultimate Gundam anymore. It didn't matter to him anymore; all he wanted was to finish this.
'Gundam Fight! Ready!' roared the Ultimate Gundam.
'Go!' yelled Paul.
The two combatants raced towards each other. Paul moved upwards and went in to kick the Ultimate Gundam's head only to be blocked by one of its Lobster Claws. Paul launched backwards and fired his shoulder cannons causing a cloud of smoke to appear. He took advantage of this to land a barrage of heavy punches on the Ultimate Gundam. The Ultimate Gundam however would not go down so easily. It replied with a punch of its own which caused Paul to falter.
From the Neo England command centre Lisa looked on in horror as Paul traded blows with the Ultimate Gundam. She couldn't understand why he'd go do something like this. Sure he could be cocky and headstrong but never this stupid.
'I don't understand why is he doing this?' she asked aloud.
'That's simple Ms Gill,' said Colonel Harrison over the radio, 'He's doing what he came to do.'
'What do you mean?' she asked
'The reason Neo England rejoined the Gundam Fight was to restore our honour,' said Harrison, 'And Captain Snowdon is doing that right now. He knew that simply wining the fight wouldn't change anyone's opinion of us. The appearance of the Devil Gundam is unexpected, but it serves as the perfect vessel for restoring our honour.'
'But Paul can't possibly beat that monster,' said Lisa, 'Its impossible.'
'Nothing is impossible,' said Harrison, 'He will win, he won't allow anything less.'
The Royal Britain Gundam and Ultimate Gundam clashed again. Each Gundam putting out a furious flurry of punches, each one stronger than the last. Anyone who saw the combat could not help but be moved by it. Each combatant seemed evenly matched, punch for punch they danced a furious ballet.
'I don't understand you Ultimate Gundam!' yelled Paul, 'What are you!'
[I]'that's simple I am what I am,' that sweet female voice sung in Paul's head. 'You must understand that I am not the monster which ravaged the Earth 16 years ago.'[/I]
'Then what are you?' asked Paul
[I] 'I was created by the Council to carry out the Ultimate Gundam's original purpose.' She said. [/I]
'What is your name? How did you become the pilot?' asked Paul
[I] 'You don't understand. I have no pilot,' she said laughing gently, 'I'm the Ultimate evolution a sentient Gundam. But as with any sentient being there is Good and Evil. I can't always control my darker self. The Council take advantage of this, subduing me while promoting the evil in me.'[/I]
'Is that why you wanted me to kill you?' asked Paul, 'To stop the darkness?'
[I] 'Yes,' she sounded sad though, 'I wanted to help this beautiful planet. But the evil in me is too strong. Please end this for me!'[/I]
Paul screamed as a massive energy wave erupted from the Royal Britain Gundam. The wave forced the Ultimate Gundam back. From the edges of his Gundam Paul noticed that it was slowly turning golden. The golden light filled the cockpit and his trace suit also turned gold.
'Ultimate Gundam!' he yelled, 'Your time has come!'
He launched the Royal Britain Gundam into a shoulder barge ramming into the Ultimate Gundam's chest. He pulled out Gentle Chapman's long beam rifle and pushed it into the Ultimate Gundam's stomach where he kept the trigger down repeatedly firing again and again. The Ultimate Gundam grabbed him with one of its lobster claws. Paul screamed in pain as it crushed his ribs and dropped the long beam rifle. Activating his Gundam's thrusters Paul dragged the machine upwards taking out both his beam sabres in the same movement. With one double slice he hacked open the lobster claw freeing himself. Paul put the hilts of the two beam sabres together to form a twin beam sabre. He then span the twin sabre in the palm of his hand in order to perform his ultimate attack. As the sabres span a tunnel of red energy formed around the Royal Britain Gundam.
'Royal Assault!' yelled Paul as the spiralling mass of energy with the Royal Britain Gundam at its centre.
'Devil Finger!' The Ultimate Gundam replied with its own ultimate attack. Both fought will all there worth until the Devil Gundam's arm exploded. The Royal Britain Gundam continued on to grab the Ultimate Gundam in a bear hug.
'Ok bitch it ends here,' Paul said gently as the Royal Britain Gundam's reactor overloaded. The resulting explosion vaporized both combatants. 'Goodbye Lisa….'
'Paul Noooooooooooooooooooooo!' yelled Lisa and Kyoji in unison. Tears rolled down Lisa's checks. She ran out of the command centre and out onto the battlefield.
Out of the sky four landing pods appeared and landed. Out of the pods came the last four Shuffle Delegation members. 'We're too late! God Damn!' said Chibodee Crockett.
'Its nice to see you guys,' said Sai Sici weakly. Argo and the Bolt Gundam came over to help the Dragon Gundam stand. 'Bro. Your little one is over there.'
Domon nodded and began to walk over in the direction Sai Sici had pointed. He found the battered and beaten Shining Gundam in a small crater surrounded by fires. The God Gundam slow bent down and lifted the fallen Gundam. Holding his son close to him Domon walked over to the largest crater. At the bottom were the shattered remains of two combatants. All that was left of the Ultimate Gundam was a small section of its lower body. The Royal Britain Gundam however still managed to hold on to its dignity. Its head still remained, damaged but not destroyed. Other than the head only a small part of his body was left. The cockpit had been totally destroyed.
Several days later Kyoji regain consciousness. Much to the relief of his mother and father. The first thing he asked for was to see Lisa. When she came into the room he could tell she fained fake happiness. She was hurting deep inside anyone could tell.
'There was something he wanted me to tell you,' said Kyoji weakly, 'He told me to tell you that he loves you and that he wants to be with you forever.' At hearing this Lisa burst into tears again.
She bid her farewells and left quietly. She wondered the base no really knowing what to do. Her wonderings led her to the hanger. It was quiet here. A Neo Japan transport had collected the Shining Gundam and the Royal Britain Gundam was a right off. Its remains however were still in there. Held in place by hoists it was kept in position as if it was all there. She walked along the gantry and placed a hand on its battered head.
'Gundam, why do you look so sad?'
The end
From his vantage point on the main defence line Colonel Harrison could see the Devil Gundam emerge. The sight sent shivers down his spine. Harrison's first ever combat mission had been against the Devil Gundam when it invaded Neo Japan and now all these years later the monster was back. He lifted his beam cannon and burned two holes into a Death Army mobile suit, which subsequently exploded.
'Command how much longer till the civilians are evacuated?' he asked.
'We need more time Sir.' Replied Lisa. Suddenly a signal cut in.
'We heard you army boys need a hand.' Said the new voice, 'So we deceived to lend one.'
The sound of three battleships firing a full broadside followed quickly after he'd stopped speaking. Out in the bay three of the Royal Navy's battleships stood menacingly while a dozen small transports sped in towards the harbour. Neo England was the only country left that still maintained a fleet of battleships. Most considered the mobile suit to be the ultimate weapon, which in most respects it was, but the English always had a deep routed sense of history and could never let these elegant weapons die out.
The battleships fired another full broadside. The barrage fell upon the Death Army shattering mobile suits with ease. Despite the devastation the Death Army kept coming.
'This is probably the only time I've ever been happy to see the Navy,' said Colonel Harrison roughly as he pulled his Casshing Mk2 Custom back to avoid an attack. In the same movement he jabbed his beam cannon into the Death Army mobile suit and fired. 'How long till you navy boys can get the civilians out?'
'No time at all,' said Captain David Beatty, 'Just keep them off our backs a little while. I hope that's something you can do?'
'Oh we could keep this up all day.' Came Harrisons reply, 'I just want to get the civilians out of the way so we can start the fight proper.'
'Yes I'm sure that's the case.' The two commanders, from the two rival branches of Neo England military continued in this fashion for sometime.
Kyoji and Sai Sici had carved out a pocket in the flank of the Death Army. Kyoji could obviously see why Sai Sici was a member of the Shuffle Delegation he fought with such vigour and ferocity Kyoji could barely keep up. The Navy barrages came as a relief letting the two fighters rest up a bit.
'Errm. Uncle Sai Sici.' Asked Kyoji, 'Will my father be coming here?'
'Yeah.' Replied the older fighter, 'And the others too. This fights been a bit quiet without them.'
'What the! Shit!' yelled Kyoji as he saw the Devil Gundam rise itself up. He could exactly see where it came from but a massive blast of energy shot out in a long wide beam towards the base and the city.
The beam barley missed the base but the city wasn't so lucky. The blast burned a wide path straight through and out into the bay where it ripped through one of the battleships, sending the valiant vessel to the deep. All along the beams path fires and explosions ripped up the remainder of the city.
'That monster!' raged Kyoji, 'Arrrrrrrrha! How could it do such a thing.' He was getting mad, really mad and Sai Sici knew what happened when the Shining Gundam's pilot got angry.
Paul lifted the Royal Britain Gundam from the ground. The Ultimate Gundam had sunk his ship. The Rodney. Neo England's oldest battleship. His ship. Grimacing he stared at the Ultimate Gundam knowing that this was a direct challenge to him.
'Colonel. I suggest you pull your men out.' He said calmly, 'You've done all you can. Save what you can.'
'I don't think so.' Was Harrisons reply. Paul turned to look at the Colonel. That was when he saw the Colonels regiment badge. It was the skull and crossed thighbones of a Death's Head with the words 'Or Glory' below. 'We stay, until the end.'
'Ok. I can hardly argue with the 17th Lancers.' Said Paul, 'Cover me. I'm going to kill a monster.'
As Kyoji got angrier and angrier the Shining Gundam came closer and closer to its final form. Kyoji snarled as his cockpit started to turn a lovely shade of red. On the outside the Shining Gundam's shoulder armour raised up sharply and the leg thruster's casings opened up. Then the head fins shot up and the faceplate opened. Shining Gundam Super Mode had been activated.
Kyoji let out an animalistic scream as he charged towards the Devil Gundam. 'My hand is glowing and roaring! It's telling me to defeat you! Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining Finga!' Kyoji yelled. The Shining Gundam charged at blistering speed towards the Devil Gundam with the Shining Finger streaked out far aimed at the monsters head.
'Devil Finger!' yelled the Devil Gundam's unearthly voice. Thrusting down its own reddened hand the Devil Gundam caught the Shining Finger. For a few seconds the two Gundams fought each other until the Shining Gundam's arm shattered, the Shining Finger beaten. The Shining Gundam fell backwards only the smashed in the opposite direction by the Devil Gundam's lobster claw. Despite its size the Devil Gundam was extremely fast getting in below the stricken Shining Gundam and punching it upwards. The Devil Gundam then proceeded to land a series of devastating punches on the defenceless Shining Gundam.
Sai Sici charged towards the Devil Gundam desperate to save Kyoji. The Neo Chinese Fighter tried everything he could but the Devil Gundam's defence was just too strong.
In his cockpit Kyoji could feel every punch hammering his body. Desperately trying to stand up the young Gundam Fighter spat out bloody.
'Father I'm sorry…. I've failed you.'
The Devil Gundam picked up the Shining Gundam by the head with one head. The beast stared at the stricken Gundam before readying its Devil Finger attack. Just when it was about to attack a hail of beam rifle fire blasted its hands causing it to drop the Shining Gundam. With a tremendous crunching sound Paul rammed the butt of his long beam rifle into the Ultimate Gundam's head. He followed up with a roundhouse kick, which sent the Ultimate Gundam off balance.
Landing on the parched earth Paul moved to pick up the Shining Gundam and then took off again. He landed a short way away and place the battered Gundam on the ground.
'Gimme a sec,' managed Kyoji, 'I can still fight.'
'Thanks for the offer my friend,' said Paul gently, 'But this is my fight.'
'You don't have to do this alone,' croaked Kyoji,' Just wait. My father he's coming.'
'Normally I would,' said Paul, 'But there's no time left. For the honour of my people I will defeat the Ultimate Gundam. Do one thing for when this is all over. Tell…tell Lisa that…I…Love her and that I want to be with forever.'
With that the Royal Britain Gundam took off once more, to square off in the ultimate battle with the Ultimate Gundam.
'Paul! Paul! Don't do this!' yelled Kyoji wincing in pain. 'Nooooooooooooooooo!'
'Goodbye my friend,'
It was almost a surreal scene. At one end of the clearing was the Ultimate Gundam and at the other was the Royal Britain Gundam. All around them fires whipped and burned. The two combatants said nothing, merely watching waiting for one to make a move there were no noises other than those of the fires.
'The time is now,' said Paul, 'You wanted me to kill you? Well we do it now. No holding back.'
The Ultimate Gundam let out a roar. Paul could tell that the female shape he'd once spoken too wasn't controlling the Ultimate Gundam anymore. It didn't matter to him anymore; all he wanted was to finish this.
'Gundam Fight! Ready!' roared the Ultimate Gundam.
'Go!' yelled Paul.
The two combatants raced towards each other. Paul moved upwards and went in to kick the Ultimate Gundam's head only to be blocked by one of its Lobster Claws. Paul launched backwards and fired his shoulder cannons causing a cloud of smoke to appear. He took advantage of this to land a barrage of heavy punches on the Ultimate Gundam. The Ultimate Gundam however would not go down so easily. It replied with a punch of its own which caused Paul to falter.
From the Neo England command centre Lisa looked on in horror as Paul traded blows with the Ultimate Gundam. She couldn't understand why he'd go do something like this. Sure he could be cocky and headstrong but never this stupid.
'I don't understand why is he doing this?' she asked aloud.
'That's simple Ms Gill,' said Colonel Harrison over the radio, 'He's doing what he came to do.'
'What do you mean?' she asked
'The reason Neo England rejoined the Gundam Fight was to restore our honour,' said Harrison, 'And Captain Snowdon is doing that right now. He knew that simply wining the fight wouldn't change anyone's opinion of us. The appearance of the Devil Gundam is unexpected, but it serves as the perfect vessel for restoring our honour.'
'But Paul can't possibly beat that monster,' said Lisa, 'Its impossible.'
'Nothing is impossible,' said Harrison, 'He will win, he won't allow anything less.'
The Royal Britain Gundam and Ultimate Gundam clashed again. Each Gundam putting out a furious flurry of punches, each one stronger than the last. Anyone who saw the combat could not help but be moved by it. Each combatant seemed evenly matched, punch for punch they danced a furious ballet.
'I don't understand you Ultimate Gundam!' yelled Paul, 'What are you!'
[I]'that's simple I am what I am,' that sweet female voice sung in Paul's head. 'You must understand that I am not the monster which ravaged the Earth 16 years ago.'[/I]
'Then what are you?' asked Paul
[I] 'I was created by the Council to carry out the Ultimate Gundam's original purpose.' She said. [/I]
'What is your name? How did you become the pilot?' asked Paul
[I] 'You don't understand. I have no pilot,' she said laughing gently, 'I'm the Ultimate evolution a sentient Gundam. But as with any sentient being there is Good and Evil. I can't always control my darker self. The Council take advantage of this, subduing me while promoting the evil in me.'[/I]
'Is that why you wanted me to kill you?' asked Paul, 'To stop the darkness?'
[I] 'Yes,' she sounded sad though, 'I wanted to help this beautiful planet. But the evil in me is too strong. Please end this for me!'[/I]
Paul screamed as a massive energy wave erupted from the Royal Britain Gundam. The wave forced the Ultimate Gundam back. From the edges of his Gundam Paul noticed that it was slowly turning golden. The golden light filled the cockpit and his trace suit also turned gold.
'Ultimate Gundam!' he yelled, 'Your time has come!'
He launched the Royal Britain Gundam into a shoulder barge ramming into the Ultimate Gundam's chest. He pulled out Gentle Chapman's long beam rifle and pushed it into the Ultimate Gundam's stomach where he kept the trigger down repeatedly firing again and again. The Ultimate Gundam grabbed him with one of its lobster claws. Paul screamed in pain as it crushed his ribs and dropped the long beam rifle. Activating his Gundam's thrusters Paul dragged the machine upwards taking out both his beam sabres in the same movement. With one double slice he hacked open the lobster claw freeing himself. Paul put the hilts of the two beam sabres together to form a twin beam sabre. He then span the twin sabre in the palm of his hand in order to perform his ultimate attack. As the sabres span a tunnel of red energy formed around the Royal Britain Gundam.
'Royal Assault!' yelled Paul as the spiralling mass of energy with the Royal Britain Gundam at its centre.
'Devil Finger!' The Ultimate Gundam replied with its own ultimate attack. Both fought will all there worth until the Devil Gundam's arm exploded. The Royal Britain Gundam continued on to grab the Ultimate Gundam in a bear hug.
'Ok bitch it ends here,' Paul said gently as the Royal Britain Gundam's reactor overloaded. The resulting explosion vaporized both combatants. 'Goodbye Lisa….'
'Paul Noooooooooooooooooooooo!' yelled Lisa and Kyoji in unison. Tears rolled down Lisa's checks. She ran out of the command centre and out onto the battlefield.
Out of the sky four landing pods appeared and landed. Out of the pods came the last four Shuffle Delegation members. 'We're too late! God Damn!' said Chibodee Crockett.
'Its nice to see you guys,' said Sai Sici weakly. Argo and the Bolt Gundam came over to help the Dragon Gundam stand. 'Bro. Your little one is over there.'
Domon nodded and began to walk over in the direction Sai Sici had pointed. He found the battered and beaten Shining Gundam in a small crater surrounded by fires. The God Gundam slow bent down and lifted the fallen Gundam. Holding his son close to him Domon walked over to the largest crater. At the bottom were the shattered remains of two combatants. All that was left of the Ultimate Gundam was a small section of its lower body. The Royal Britain Gundam however still managed to hold on to its dignity. Its head still remained, damaged but not destroyed. Other than the head only a small part of his body was left. The cockpit had been totally destroyed.
Several days later Kyoji regain consciousness. Much to the relief of his mother and father. The first thing he asked for was to see Lisa. When she came into the room he could tell she fained fake happiness. She was hurting deep inside anyone could tell.
'There was something he wanted me to tell you,' said Kyoji weakly, 'He told me to tell you that he loves you and that he wants to be with you forever.' At hearing this Lisa burst into tears again.
She bid her farewells and left quietly. She wondered the base no really knowing what to do. Her wonderings led her to the hanger. It was quiet here. A Neo Japan transport had collected the Shining Gundam and the Royal Britain Gundam was a right off. Its remains however were still in there. Held in place by hoists it was kept in position as if it was all there. She walked along the gantry and placed a hand on its battered head.
'Gundam, why do you look so sad?'
The end
