Chapter Six
"The Fight Above Tokyo"
(Luna City)
Eppo walked towards where Mitsarugi and Shimari's apartment was. Miho trailed behind a little, looking around at the city, it had been her first time in a large city. "Here we are, their building, I'll take you up to the room." Eppo said.
"Thank you." Miho responded.
They entered an elevator and went up a few floors. Then he led Miho down a corridor, and stopped at the end. "Here it is, make yourself at home. I must go and fight." Eppo said.
"Good luck." Miho replied as Eppo ran down the hall.
(Earth orbit)
"Incoming barrage sir!" A control operator said on the U.S.S. Manhattan.
"We have reinforcements coming from Luna City!" The radar operator said.
"Lets get'em! Shimari, follow me to that battle cruiser. We'll take it out first. Bruce, give us cover fire." Mitsarugi said.
"Gotcha." Bruce said.
"Lets blow this thing." Shimari said turning towards the cruiser.
Two Zaku (Yes I know those are from Mobile Suit Gundam... but I am using the same mobile suits for the most part, just my own characters and my own wars. So dont flame me for this.) Mobile suits came from behind the Battle cruiser to intercept. Shimari powered up his energy whip, and Mitsarugi powered up his beam sword. The Zaku's Pulled out their energy axes and engaged combat. The first hit was by a Zaku; his energy axe cut straight thought Shimari's suit's leg. "Damn you!" Shimari yelled countering with an energy whip strike.
The arm and a large chunk of the Zaku's leg was ripped off. The other Zaku charged at Mitsarugi, and cut his shield in two. Mitsarugi cut the arm wielding the energy axe off, but his blow was countered by a punch from the Zaku.
A Gelgoog attacked Bruce from behind. The Gelgoog stabbed Bruce's mobile suit in the right shoulder. Then, kicked it away, Bruce's suit lost most power. He ejected in the core fighter, and then flew back to Luna. Halfway to Luna, the Kagishima passed him heading to the fight. "Eppo! Go help Mitsarugi and Shimari!" Bruce yelled into the radio.
"Ok" Eppo replied.
As he approached the Manhattan was hit directly from a barrage of lasers, causing it to explode. "NO!" Shimari yelled watching it go down.
The screams of the Manhattan's crew were heard through the radio. Then a Zaku then struck the Kagishima. The legs of the Kagishima were cut off, but Eppo managed to strike the Zaku with the giant sword. Mitsarugi was hit several times with laser fire from the battle cruiser as he destroyed the Zaku he was fighting. Shimari was shill engaged in combat with the other damaged Zaku. A laser blast severed the Kenshin's left arm, and then another blast severed most of the right arm. He had lost most of the left leg already, and then was hit hard and sent tumbling towards Earth. Miho watched through a telescope, and then froze in horror as Mitsarugi fell to earth. "No..." she whispered to her self.
The Katana (Shimari's suit) was hit hard, the impact knocking Shimari out. The suit fell to earth behind Mitsarugi's suit. "Mitsarugi! Shimari! I'll kill all you Rebels!" Eppo yelled, charging at the bridge of the Cruiser.
He buried the Large Samurai sword in the bridge and flew by. He watched the two suits of his allies enter the atmosphere, and then watched the cruiser explode. His power was dropping so he needed to return to Luna. As he spun he saw a Federation Cruiser fleet from Luna approaching. The enemy Zakus and Gelgoogs retreated when the battle cruisers fired upon them.
(Earth, somewhere off the coast of old Los Angeles.)
As his suit used its balance thrusters to turn right side up, he hit the thruster built into the foot that remained. He slowed his decent and landed in the water. Luckily he had found a part for his suit that inflated when an aquatic crash landing occurred. As the suit lay there in the Pacific half submerged. He opened the cockpit and stood on the head of his suit, that is when he saw Shimari's suit come through the atmosphere.
About a minute later Shimari woke to the alarms in the cockpit. He instinctively put his shield in front of him, waiting for impact on the water. He skipped across the water like a stone, and then hit land. The shield disintegrated as he slid into the ruins of Los Angeles. Then the suit tumbled to a stop and Shimari was happy to be alive.
(Luna City)
Miho ran from the apartment, and out onto the street. "Excuse me." She said to a police officer.
"Yes?" the officer asked.
"How do you get to the Luna City military base?" she asked.
"It is at the other end of town, once you get there you can't miss it." He replied.
"Thank you" she said running in the direction he pointed.
She ran down the street, on a direct course to the base. "Watch it!" a man yelled as she nearly ran into him.
She didn't even stop to apologize to him. When she got to the base the MP stopped her. "Whoa, no civilian entrance. Why are you here?" he asked.
"Please you must let me in," she pleaded.
"Sorry, no can do. This is a restricted area." He said.
"I must speak with Captain Saka! It is about two pilots who were in the recent battle." She cried.
Just then Bruce had walked up to the gates, he landed at the star port and not the base. "Hey, aren't you that girl that came with Mitsarugi and Shimari?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, but they won't let me in the base." She cried, "Mitsu and Shimari have been shot down!"
"What? Sir, I will take her in with me." Bruce said flashing his access card.
"Ok, but I'm not responsible, if you get in trouble, it's your ass American." The MP said.
Miho followed Bruce to Captain Saka's office. He knocked then entered. "Sir, I'm afraid Mitsarugi Yakashi and Shimari Tataki have been shot down over earth." Bruce said.
"I know, Eppo radioed in, he is coming into the docking bay now." Captain Saka said.
"Do you know if they are all right?" Miho asked.
"No word yet, but we think they both went down in the same area, near Old L.A." Captain Saka replied.
"Has the battle ended?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, now we are preparing to put together a search party to look for the two pilots." Captain Saka said.
"I'll go." Bruce said.
"So will I." Miho said.
"I don't think so." Captain Saka started.
"They are my only family other than my brothers. Either you let me go, or I find a way to go on my own." Miho said determined.
"Fine, you can go along but you will be watched closely" the Captain said.
"I'll go too." Eppo said standing in the doorway.
"Good, report to the main hanger in one hour." Captain Saka said.
"Yes sir!" they said.
(Tokyo)
"Princess Reiku, there is report of a battle that just ended." An assistant said.
"Really? Where was it?" The princess asked.
"It was in orbit, over the Pacific ocean, two Federation pilots were shot down. A search party is forming in Luna City, it is their squadron." The assistant said.
(Out in the Pacific Ocean)
"This is Mitsarugi Yakashi. Can anybody hear me?" he said into his radio, "Hello can anybody hear me? Dammit, the radio is busted."
He climbed out of the cockpit and stood on the chest of the suit. "Damn, they busted the antenna off. I'm not gonna get any signal out."
He walked back into the cockpit and sat down against the wall. He looked out the open cockpit to the endless sea, hoping he would be found, while he was still alive.
(Old L.A.)
Shimari opened the cockpit, and stepped out. He stood in the ruins of downtown Los Angeles. The city was over grown with vines and weeds. It had been totally wasted in a battle during the Earth System wars. Shimari looked back at his destroyed mobile suit. "Damn, now im trapped in this wasteland." He said walking down the debris filled streets.
(Luna City main military hanger)
The Ashina was about to launch, with the search party that was destined to search for Shimari and Mitsarugi. Two small carriers followed the Ashina. They landed outside the refugee camp where Honolulu once stood. In the harbor, an over grown, half collapsed, and half sunk monument still stood. But the ship it rested upon was long since gone. The guns that were the defense lay silent and grown over with tropical plants. The Ashina and the two carriers landed outside of the camp. A few people looked out at the ships that were landing. The people on board prepared to disembark. Captain Saka was the first to get off the ship; he approached the leader of the camp. "Why do you come to our refuge?" the leader asked.
"We are about to send a search party to two downed pilots. We are requesting to use this area just until we know what happened to them. This is a peaceful operation." Captain Saka replied.
"I suppose, but you must leave immediately after finding them." The leader said.
"Ok, all units move out, search all areas, it is possible one went down near old Los Angeles." The captain said.
The small, two person crafts equipped with radar units rather than weapons flew out towards the mainland. Each had only one person in it, incase that one of the pilots were found. Every once in a while a pilot would say, "Nothing yet."
Miho grew worried, she feared they might have have been killed. Suddenly after two hours of searching, something came up on her radar. "Something is on my radar, it is floating out near my location, I am heading to it now." She said.
She hit the full thrusters and flew towards the radar signal. "Huh?" Mitsarugi said to himself, "Is that a ship?"
He stood out on the shoulder of his suit, and then looked out in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, there was a small federation fighter approaching him. The fighter set down for a landing, there was pontoons attached to it, so it could land at sea. Mitsarugi was stood, ready to get out of this ocean. The cockpit of the fighter opened, and the pilot unstrapped, still wearing their helmet. "Thank you for finding me, I don't care if I never see an ocean again." He said laughing.
"You should be happy to see me, Mitsu." The pilot said their voice altered by the helmet.
"Miho! Miho is that you?" he asked.
"Think I would let you have all the fun?" She said.
"Do you know any thing about shimari?" he asked, climbing into the fighter.
She looked down, "no not any news yet, the search group it heading towards L.A. They think he may have gone down there." She replied.
(Old L.A.)
"I've found a mobile suit, it is ensign Tataki's. I'm preparing to land." A pilot said.
He landed near the suit, and then approached it on foot. "The cockpit is empty! Shimari is alive here, im turning on the infrared sensors." He said
Shimari walked out near the old harbor area. He stood at the waters edge, looking at the setting sun. Footsteps could be heard approaching him; he turned to see Bruce walking up to him. "Shimari, your alive!" he cried.
"Yea, how is Mitsarugi? Was he found yet?" Shimari asked.
"Yea, they found him a few hours ago." Bruce replied, "lets get back to the fighter, so we can go back to Luna."
"Sure." Shimari said tiredly, following Bruce.
After about a half hour of walking, they reached the fighter again. Then they took off and returned to Honolulu. "Good both of your pilots have been found. Now leave our place." The camps leader said.
The ships took off and set course for Luna City.
(End Chapter Six)
Dave: hey, I'm Dave Sutherland; I live here in Neo New York, a lawless American colony in Venus' orbit. My place is usually in the bar, but some feddies show up and start trouble with the mob. Next Episode... Stranded in Neo New York.
Dave: Don't Miss It!
"The Fight Above Tokyo"
(Luna City)
Eppo walked towards where Mitsarugi and Shimari's apartment was. Miho trailed behind a little, looking around at the city, it had been her first time in a large city. "Here we are, their building, I'll take you up to the room." Eppo said.
"Thank you." Miho responded.
They entered an elevator and went up a few floors. Then he led Miho down a corridor, and stopped at the end. "Here it is, make yourself at home. I must go and fight." Eppo said.
"Good luck." Miho replied as Eppo ran down the hall.
(Earth orbit)
"Incoming barrage sir!" A control operator said on the U.S.S. Manhattan.
"We have reinforcements coming from Luna City!" The radar operator said.
"Lets get'em! Shimari, follow me to that battle cruiser. We'll take it out first. Bruce, give us cover fire." Mitsarugi said.
"Gotcha." Bruce said.
"Lets blow this thing." Shimari said turning towards the cruiser.
Two Zaku (Yes I know those are from Mobile Suit Gundam... but I am using the same mobile suits for the most part, just my own characters and my own wars. So dont flame me for this.) Mobile suits came from behind the Battle cruiser to intercept. Shimari powered up his energy whip, and Mitsarugi powered up his beam sword. The Zaku's Pulled out their energy axes and engaged combat. The first hit was by a Zaku; his energy axe cut straight thought Shimari's suit's leg. "Damn you!" Shimari yelled countering with an energy whip strike.
The arm and a large chunk of the Zaku's leg was ripped off. The other Zaku charged at Mitsarugi, and cut his shield in two. Mitsarugi cut the arm wielding the energy axe off, but his blow was countered by a punch from the Zaku.
A Gelgoog attacked Bruce from behind. The Gelgoog stabbed Bruce's mobile suit in the right shoulder. Then, kicked it away, Bruce's suit lost most power. He ejected in the core fighter, and then flew back to Luna. Halfway to Luna, the Kagishima passed him heading to the fight. "Eppo! Go help Mitsarugi and Shimari!" Bruce yelled into the radio.
"Ok" Eppo replied.
As he approached the Manhattan was hit directly from a barrage of lasers, causing it to explode. "NO!" Shimari yelled watching it go down.
The screams of the Manhattan's crew were heard through the radio. Then a Zaku then struck the Kagishima. The legs of the Kagishima were cut off, but Eppo managed to strike the Zaku with the giant sword. Mitsarugi was hit several times with laser fire from the battle cruiser as he destroyed the Zaku he was fighting. Shimari was shill engaged in combat with the other damaged Zaku. A laser blast severed the Kenshin's left arm, and then another blast severed most of the right arm. He had lost most of the left leg already, and then was hit hard and sent tumbling towards Earth. Miho watched through a telescope, and then froze in horror as Mitsarugi fell to earth. "No..." she whispered to her self.
The Katana (Shimari's suit) was hit hard, the impact knocking Shimari out. The suit fell to earth behind Mitsarugi's suit. "Mitsarugi! Shimari! I'll kill all you Rebels!" Eppo yelled, charging at the bridge of the Cruiser.
He buried the Large Samurai sword in the bridge and flew by. He watched the two suits of his allies enter the atmosphere, and then watched the cruiser explode. His power was dropping so he needed to return to Luna. As he spun he saw a Federation Cruiser fleet from Luna approaching. The enemy Zakus and Gelgoogs retreated when the battle cruisers fired upon them.
(Earth, somewhere off the coast of old Los Angeles.)
As his suit used its balance thrusters to turn right side up, he hit the thruster built into the foot that remained. He slowed his decent and landed in the water. Luckily he had found a part for his suit that inflated when an aquatic crash landing occurred. As the suit lay there in the Pacific half submerged. He opened the cockpit and stood on the head of his suit, that is when he saw Shimari's suit come through the atmosphere.
About a minute later Shimari woke to the alarms in the cockpit. He instinctively put his shield in front of him, waiting for impact on the water. He skipped across the water like a stone, and then hit land. The shield disintegrated as he slid into the ruins of Los Angeles. Then the suit tumbled to a stop and Shimari was happy to be alive.
(Luna City)
Miho ran from the apartment, and out onto the street. "Excuse me." She said to a police officer.
"Yes?" the officer asked.
"How do you get to the Luna City military base?" she asked.
"It is at the other end of town, once you get there you can't miss it." He replied.
"Thank you" she said running in the direction he pointed.
She ran down the street, on a direct course to the base. "Watch it!" a man yelled as she nearly ran into him.
She didn't even stop to apologize to him. When she got to the base the MP stopped her. "Whoa, no civilian entrance. Why are you here?" he asked.
"Please you must let me in," she pleaded.
"Sorry, no can do. This is a restricted area." He said.
"I must speak with Captain Saka! It is about two pilots who were in the recent battle." She cried.
Just then Bruce had walked up to the gates, he landed at the star port and not the base. "Hey, aren't you that girl that came with Mitsarugi and Shimari?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, but they won't let me in the base." She cried, "Mitsu and Shimari have been shot down!"
"What? Sir, I will take her in with me." Bruce said flashing his access card.
"Ok, but I'm not responsible, if you get in trouble, it's your ass American." The MP said.
Miho followed Bruce to Captain Saka's office. He knocked then entered. "Sir, I'm afraid Mitsarugi Yakashi and Shimari Tataki have been shot down over earth." Bruce said.
"I know, Eppo radioed in, he is coming into the docking bay now." Captain Saka said.
"Do you know if they are all right?" Miho asked.
"No word yet, but we think they both went down in the same area, near Old L.A." Captain Saka replied.
"Has the battle ended?" Bruce asked.
"Yes, now we are preparing to put together a search party to look for the two pilots." Captain Saka said.
"I'll go." Bruce said.
"So will I." Miho said.
"I don't think so." Captain Saka started.
"They are my only family other than my brothers. Either you let me go, or I find a way to go on my own." Miho said determined.
"Fine, you can go along but you will be watched closely" the Captain said.
"I'll go too." Eppo said standing in the doorway.
"Good, report to the main hanger in one hour." Captain Saka said.
"Yes sir!" they said.
(Tokyo)
"Princess Reiku, there is report of a battle that just ended." An assistant said.
"Really? Where was it?" The princess asked.
"It was in orbit, over the Pacific ocean, two Federation pilots were shot down. A search party is forming in Luna City, it is their squadron." The assistant said.
(Out in the Pacific Ocean)
"This is Mitsarugi Yakashi. Can anybody hear me?" he said into his radio, "Hello can anybody hear me? Dammit, the radio is busted."
He climbed out of the cockpit and stood on the chest of the suit. "Damn, they busted the antenna off. I'm not gonna get any signal out."
He walked back into the cockpit and sat down against the wall. He looked out the open cockpit to the endless sea, hoping he would be found, while he was still alive.
(Old L.A.)
Shimari opened the cockpit, and stepped out. He stood in the ruins of downtown Los Angeles. The city was over grown with vines and weeds. It had been totally wasted in a battle during the Earth System wars. Shimari looked back at his destroyed mobile suit. "Damn, now im trapped in this wasteland." He said walking down the debris filled streets.
(Luna City main military hanger)
The Ashina was about to launch, with the search party that was destined to search for Shimari and Mitsarugi. Two small carriers followed the Ashina. They landed outside the refugee camp where Honolulu once stood. In the harbor, an over grown, half collapsed, and half sunk monument still stood. But the ship it rested upon was long since gone. The guns that were the defense lay silent and grown over with tropical plants. The Ashina and the two carriers landed outside of the camp. A few people looked out at the ships that were landing. The people on board prepared to disembark. Captain Saka was the first to get off the ship; he approached the leader of the camp. "Why do you come to our refuge?" the leader asked.
"We are about to send a search party to two downed pilots. We are requesting to use this area just until we know what happened to them. This is a peaceful operation." Captain Saka replied.
"I suppose, but you must leave immediately after finding them." The leader said.
"Ok, all units move out, search all areas, it is possible one went down near old Los Angeles." The captain said.
The small, two person crafts equipped with radar units rather than weapons flew out towards the mainland. Each had only one person in it, incase that one of the pilots were found. Every once in a while a pilot would say, "Nothing yet."
Miho grew worried, she feared they might have have been killed. Suddenly after two hours of searching, something came up on her radar. "Something is on my radar, it is floating out near my location, I am heading to it now." She said.
She hit the full thrusters and flew towards the radar signal. "Huh?" Mitsarugi said to himself, "Is that a ship?"
He stood out on the shoulder of his suit, and then looked out in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, there was a small federation fighter approaching him. The fighter set down for a landing, there was pontoons attached to it, so it could land at sea. Mitsarugi was stood, ready to get out of this ocean. The cockpit of the fighter opened, and the pilot unstrapped, still wearing their helmet. "Thank you for finding me, I don't care if I never see an ocean again." He said laughing.
"You should be happy to see me, Mitsu." The pilot said their voice altered by the helmet.
"Miho! Miho is that you?" he asked.
"Think I would let you have all the fun?" She said.
"Do you know any thing about shimari?" he asked, climbing into the fighter.
She looked down, "no not any news yet, the search group it heading towards L.A. They think he may have gone down there." She replied.
(Old L.A.)
"I've found a mobile suit, it is ensign Tataki's. I'm preparing to land." A pilot said.
He landed near the suit, and then approached it on foot. "The cockpit is empty! Shimari is alive here, im turning on the infrared sensors." He said
Shimari walked out near the old harbor area. He stood at the waters edge, looking at the setting sun. Footsteps could be heard approaching him; he turned to see Bruce walking up to him. "Shimari, your alive!" he cried.
"Yea, how is Mitsarugi? Was he found yet?" Shimari asked.
"Yea, they found him a few hours ago." Bruce replied, "lets get back to the fighter, so we can go back to Luna."
"Sure." Shimari said tiredly, following Bruce.
After about a half hour of walking, they reached the fighter again. Then they took off and returned to Honolulu. "Good both of your pilots have been found. Now leave our place." The camps leader said.
The ships took off and set course for Luna City.
(End Chapter Six)
Dave: hey, I'm Dave Sutherland; I live here in Neo New York, a lawless American colony in Venus' orbit. My place is usually in the bar, but some feddies show up and start trouble with the mob. Next Episode... Stranded in Neo New York.
Dave: Don't Miss It!
