Chapter Four
The raging massacre had indeed begun. A Garider came up, full force, & fired at Kaitaku with a barrage of beams. These she shielded skillfully.
"So, who's this? Got a child to fight for you now?" a cold, emotionless voice asked.
"Hardly, you shitface! She's fighting with us!" Duo spat out his angry response to the head soldier they knew as Kitna.
The leader of BRIVA was also a soldier, not just a lieutenant that gave out orders.
Kitna snorted, "We'll see. Yes, we'll see just what you're made of, Kaitaku!"
"Huh?! How'd you know her name?" Quatre asked.
Kitna snickered, "Oh, I know her, alright. And you know it, Kaitkau!"
"What do you mean?" Trowa asked, "Kaitkau..you know Kitna or something?"
The young pilot confessed, "Yes, Kitna was the one who personally bombed my colony area and took me away. The one I told you about."
"That's enough talk, this is a battle, silly woman." Wufei said angrily, growing impatient as he directed the sexist comment towards Kitna.
Kitna battled with Tornado. Her lead Garider had a beam cannon and even a beam saber! At first, it was merely child's play as they exchanged fire.
"That's enough." Kaitaku said coldly as she drew out her beam saber.
Kitna did as well.
The Gundam Pilots were faring against odds that would usually be stacked in their favor, but the Gariders were nothing like what they've ever fought before. There was something different, almost as if the Garider pilots had planned these exact moves and attacks. Each pilot struggled, then would somehow blow up a Garider they were "battling" with, which they couldn't really call that because the Gundams were so strong. Nevertheless, the tough battle dragged on.
"What's the difference? All I can decipher is that these pilots are a tad smarter!" that was Duo, possibly enjoying the battle.
But, the strange thing was, every time it appeared the Gundams were winning; they would come up with a strategy. A large number would gang up on a Gundam, barraging with laser cannons that could very easily penetrate Gundanium, easier than any other firearm. If that didn't work, BRIVA would open their laser beam cannon that was one of the bases only defenses. It was thirty times larger and more powerful than the smaller ones used by Garider. It was more powerful than the Libra or Barge cannons combined had been. That's why the Preventers wasted no time in killing the BRIVA forces.
"Zechs!" Noin screamed as a Garider had her by the leg of her Serpent. Her laser cannon had been knocked aside.
Milliardo blasted him away from Noin.
She thanked him, "Thanks, Zechs."
"Anything for you, Lucrezia." he said assuringly.
Meanwhile, Sally was fighting alongside the Maguanacs, somewhat. She was also using a Serpent. Heero was directed towards the upper left forces, Trowa lower right, Duo, lower left, Wufei upper right, Quatre, Milliardo, and Noin center forces. Sally and the Maguanacs held up the rear. The blonde Arab strategist who was of course using the ZERO system made this technique possible. Each assigned force would go to a couple pilots or so, every time the Gariders would retreat farther and farther away from the attacking Preventers. They would fly to somewhere, only to be confronted by one of the enemy. Most of the Maguanacs were dying, not strong enough to resist the Gariders. They knew that very well. But no help was turned down.
Kitna & Kaitaku circled each other, both anticipating the other's first move.
"What's wrong, Kaitaku? You're a worthy opponent of me, fight me!"
With that, Kitna charged dead at the young soldier. She bravely held her ground. When the green Garider came near, she sliced at Kitna. The evil leader blocked. Lunge, block. Lunge, block. Over and over. Both seemed equal in ability. But it was not so. Kitna had managed to knock the small pilot's beam saber out of Tornado's hand. All Kaitaku had been her shield, which didn't hold out long.
"Go ahead, kill me." Kaitaku had given up hope.
"Surely you have more up your sleeve!" Kitna spat.
Kaitaku's mind raced. She remembered that it was Kitna, no one else, who had killed her parents because of the Eternal Peace Negotiation Plan they were constructing. No wars would be able to be staged because of this plan. If it were attempted, the organizations that wanted war would either be talked out of it, or would have to deal with the head of the World Nation. Who were the leaders of the colonies and space alike. She filled with rage at the vision of her parents, and all hope of the Eternal Peace Negotiation Plan as it explodes from Kitna's Garider laser cannon. Kaitaku could stand it no longer.
She typed in Z-E-R-O. She had now activated the system. Nothing could stop her from killing Kitna. Like being filled with renewed strength, Kaitaku shoved the Garider off of her.
"You will pay!!!" Tornado withdrew its beam cannon.
She struggled to focus the target on Kitna so it would lock and dismiss fire accurately. But the ZERO system had its firm hold on her. Kaitaku hit a surprised Kitna full blast with her cannon. It appeared that she'd won. Tornado raced to help the other Gundams and the Preventers. The head Garider was going to explode at any second. Kitna, still trapped inside, unbuckled herself, and propelled herself as faraway from the suit as possible before it blew up.
Tornado flew over to Deathscythe Hell Custom, "Duo! I just.I killed Kitna!" Kaitaku yelled out to everyone.
"You did it! Whoohooo! LETS PAARTY!" exclaimed Duo. All the Gundams turned towards Tornado.
"Really? Wow, I'm impressed Kaitaku." Trowa complimented.
"I can't believe it myself, but there's no sign of Kitna's Garider anywhere. Good job." surprisingly Wufei spoke up.
"Did you hear, Quatre? I got Kitna for good!" the young victor said excitedly.
"Of course! You have indeed proven yourself." Quatre congratulated.
"Zechs! That kid defeated the leader of the BRIVA assault forces!" the Serpent Noin was piloting hugged Tallgeese III.
"Uh, Noin, I heard. Can..you get off me now? We'll hug when we get out of here." Milliardo confirmed that Tallgeese, and maybe himself, were starting to lose air.
There were only 25 Maguanacs left after the battle. Some of which were: Rashid, Abdul, and Abal.
"That was some battle! Wow!" that was the Maguanac with the shades.
Everyone checked all the areas to make sure all the Gariders had been destroyed. It appeared that their work was done here. But something was wrong that no one caught. It was Kitna floating, injured yet alive, towards the base. She got there before the Gundams started towards it to demolish it. The sinister leader got into BRIVA's secret defense suit. It was equipped with a laser beam cannon , plus a beam saber, protective shield (like that of the Mercurius, only greatly advanced), and missiles. It also could carry various weapons that the Gundams used. Some were: a beam scythe & blades, not as large as Sandrock's, but big enough to cause sufficient damage. That was the same case for Deathscythe's scythe. She liked to call it Tengshan. Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei headed towards the upper section of the base. The remaining Maguanacs and the Preventers went for the other sections.
Kitna chuckled, "Just you wait, Kaitaku. I'll get my revenge. I'll kill you all!"
Tengshan sped through the debris and what was left of the Gariders. Tornado was her target. Kitna locked on to Tornado's exact position. She was going to blast Kaitaku with her laser beam cannon.
All the Gundams were busy blowing up the base. Deathscythe fired a blast close to Shenlong. Too close for Duo to get away with it. It hit Shenlong, causing no damage, but greatly causing annoyance to the Chinese pilot.
"Will you watch it, Maxwell?!" he said, irritated.
"Oi, you weren't hurt or nothin', what's your problem?" the braided pilot asked. "Erm, baka,"
"Stop it, now." That was the perfect soldier.
"Wait.where's Kaitaku?" Quatre was concerned.
"Wasn't she with the Maguanacs?" Wufei questioned.
"That's what I thought, but I just got a call from Rashid. He said she wasn't with them.." the Arab trailed off.
"Why doesn't someone just go around and see where she is?" Duo plainly pointed out the possibilities.
Trowa was extremely confident, "She'll be fine, guys. I mean, afterall, she could stand the ZERO system, that's gotta count for something."
The other four mumble their agreement. Kaitaku could take care of herself. Besides, it had appeared that they'd defeated all of the forces.
Kaitaku was at the very end of the lower section of the base. It looked suspicious to her. And she could've sworn she had seen some sort of light coming from that area. As she approached the light, she could tell it was a light flashing from the Tengshan. She stared, unbelievingly, at the image on the screen in front of her. There was Kitna, inside, breathing a bit heavily from her close encounter with the explosion.
But her voice was stone cold, "Now that I have you alone, the real fight will begin."
"Kitna." Kaitaku said, her voice almost a whisper.
The raging massacre had indeed begun. A Garider came up, full force, & fired at Kaitaku with a barrage of beams. These she shielded skillfully.
"So, who's this? Got a child to fight for you now?" a cold, emotionless voice asked.
"Hardly, you shitface! She's fighting with us!" Duo spat out his angry response to the head soldier they knew as Kitna.
The leader of BRIVA was also a soldier, not just a lieutenant that gave out orders.
Kitna snorted, "We'll see. Yes, we'll see just what you're made of, Kaitaku!"
"Huh?! How'd you know her name?" Quatre asked.
Kitna snickered, "Oh, I know her, alright. And you know it, Kaitkau!"
"What do you mean?" Trowa asked, "Kaitkau..you know Kitna or something?"
The young pilot confessed, "Yes, Kitna was the one who personally bombed my colony area and took me away. The one I told you about."
"That's enough talk, this is a battle, silly woman." Wufei said angrily, growing impatient as he directed the sexist comment towards Kitna.
Kitna battled with Tornado. Her lead Garider had a beam cannon and even a beam saber! At first, it was merely child's play as they exchanged fire.
"That's enough." Kaitaku said coldly as she drew out her beam saber.
Kitna did as well.
The Gundam Pilots were faring against odds that would usually be stacked in their favor, but the Gariders were nothing like what they've ever fought before. There was something different, almost as if the Garider pilots had planned these exact moves and attacks. Each pilot struggled, then would somehow blow up a Garider they were "battling" with, which they couldn't really call that because the Gundams were so strong. Nevertheless, the tough battle dragged on.
"What's the difference? All I can decipher is that these pilots are a tad smarter!" that was Duo, possibly enjoying the battle.
But, the strange thing was, every time it appeared the Gundams were winning; they would come up with a strategy. A large number would gang up on a Gundam, barraging with laser cannons that could very easily penetrate Gundanium, easier than any other firearm. If that didn't work, BRIVA would open their laser beam cannon that was one of the bases only defenses. It was thirty times larger and more powerful than the smaller ones used by Garider. It was more powerful than the Libra or Barge cannons combined had been. That's why the Preventers wasted no time in killing the BRIVA forces.
"Zechs!" Noin screamed as a Garider had her by the leg of her Serpent. Her laser cannon had been knocked aside.
Milliardo blasted him away from Noin.
She thanked him, "Thanks, Zechs."
"Anything for you, Lucrezia." he said assuringly.
Meanwhile, Sally was fighting alongside the Maguanacs, somewhat. She was also using a Serpent. Heero was directed towards the upper left forces, Trowa lower right, Duo, lower left, Wufei upper right, Quatre, Milliardo, and Noin center forces. Sally and the Maguanacs held up the rear. The blonde Arab strategist who was of course using the ZERO system made this technique possible. Each assigned force would go to a couple pilots or so, every time the Gariders would retreat farther and farther away from the attacking Preventers. They would fly to somewhere, only to be confronted by one of the enemy. Most of the Maguanacs were dying, not strong enough to resist the Gariders. They knew that very well. But no help was turned down.
Kitna & Kaitaku circled each other, both anticipating the other's first move.
"What's wrong, Kaitaku? You're a worthy opponent of me, fight me!"
With that, Kitna charged dead at the young soldier. She bravely held her ground. When the green Garider came near, she sliced at Kitna. The evil leader blocked. Lunge, block. Lunge, block. Over and over. Both seemed equal in ability. But it was not so. Kitna had managed to knock the small pilot's beam saber out of Tornado's hand. All Kaitaku had been her shield, which didn't hold out long.
"Go ahead, kill me." Kaitaku had given up hope.
"Surely you have more up your sleeve!" Kitna spat.
Kaitaku's mind raced. She remembered that it was Kitna, no one else, who had killed her parents because of the Eternal Peace Negotiation Plan they were constructing. No wars would be able to be staged because of this plan. If it were attempted, the organizations that wanted war would either be talked out of it, or would have to deal with the head of the World Nation. Who were the leaders of the colonies and space alike. She filled with rage at the vision of her parents, and all hope of the Eternal Peace Negotiation Plan as it explodes from Kitna's Garider laser cannon. Kaitaku could stand it no longer.
She typed in Z-E-R-O. She had now activated the system. Nothing could stop her from killing Kitna. Like being filled with renewed strength, Kaitaku shoved the Garider off of her.
"You will pay!!!" Tornado withdrew its beam cannon.
She struggled to focus the target on Kitna so it would lock and dismiss fire accurately. But the ZERO system had its firm hold on her. Kaitaku hit a surprised Kitna full blast with her cannon. It appeared that she'd won. Tornado raced to help the other Gundams and the Preventers. The head Garider was going to explode at any second. Kitna, still trapped inside, unbuckled herself, and propelled herself as faraway from the suit as possible before it blew up.
Tornado flew over to Deathscythe Hell Custom, "Duo! I just.I killed Kitna!" Kaitaku yelled out to everyone.
"You did it! Whoohooo! LETS PAARTY!" exclaimed Duo. All the Gundams turned towards Tornado.
"Really? Wow, I'm impressed Kaitaku." Trowa complimented.
"I can't believe it myself, but there's no sign of Kitna's Garider anywhere. Good job." surprisingly Wufei spoke up.
"Did you hear, Quatre? I got Kitna for good!" the young victor said excitedly.
"Of course! You have indeed proven yourself." Quatre congratulated.
"Zechs! That kid defeated the leader of the BRIVA assault forces!" the Serpent Noin was piloting hugged Tallgeese III.
"Uh, Noin, I heard. Can..you get off me now? We'll hug when we get out of here." Milliardo confirmed that Tallgeese, and maybe himself, were starting to lose air.
There were only 25 Maguanacs left after the battle. Some of which were: Rashid, Abdul, and Abal.
"That was some battle! Wow!" that was the Maguanac with the shades.
Everyone checked all the areas to make sure all the Gariders had been destroyed. It appeared that their work was done here. But something was wrong that no one caught. It was Kitna floating, injured yet alive, towards the base. She got there before the Gundams started towards it to demolish it. The sinister leader got into BRIVA's secret defense suit. It was equipped with a laser beam cannon , plus a beam saber, protective shield (like that of the Mercurius, only greatly advanced), and missiles. It also could carry various weapons that the Gundams used. Some were: a beam scythe & blades, not as large as Sandrock's, but big enough to cause sufficient damage. That was the same case for Deathscythe's scythe. She liked to call it Tengshan. Heero, Duo, Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei headed towards the upper section of the base. The remaining Maguanacs and the Preventers went for the other sections.
Kitna chuckled, "Just you wait, Kaitaku. I'll get my revenge. I'll kill you all!"
Tengshan sped through the debris and what was left of the Gariders. Tornado was her target. Kitna locked on to Tornado's exact position. She was going to blast Kaitaku with her laser beam cannon.
All the Gundams were busy blowing up the base. Deathscythe fired a blast close to Shenlong. Too close for Duo to get away with it. It hit Shenlong, causing no damage, but greatly causing annoyance to the Chinese pilot.
"Will you watch it, Maxwell?!" he said, irritated.
"Oi, you weren't hurt or nothin', what's your problem?" the braided pilot asked. "Erm, baka,"
"Stop it, now." That was the perfect soldier.
"Wait.where's Kaitaku?" Quatre was concerned.
"Wasn't she with the Maguanacs?" Wufei questioned.
"That's what I thought, but I just got a call from Rashid. He said she wasn't with them.." the Arab trailed off.
"Why doesn't someone just go around and see where she is?" Duo plainly pointed out the possibilities.
Trowa was extremely confident, "She'll be fine, guys. I mean, afterall, she could stand the ZERO system, that's gotta count for something."
The other four mumble their agreement. Kaitaku could take care of herself. Besides, it had appeared that they'd defeated all of the forces.
Kaitaku was at the very end of the lower section of the base. It looked suspicious to her. And she could've sworn she had seen some sort of light coming from that area. As she approached the light, she could tell it was a light flashing from the Tengshan. She stared, unbelievingly, at the image on the screen in front of her. There was Kitna, inside, breathing a bit heavily from her close encounter with the explosion.
But her voice was stone cold, "Now that I have you alone, the real fight will begin."
"Kitna." Kaitaku said, her voice almost a whisper.