Chapter 1
Disclaimer (I do not own gundam wing. Nor do I own zoids. SO F*&% OFF!)
This story was beta read by Zelinko, a future author.
Present Day, AC195
Unknown location
"So we move out tonight right?" The mysterious figure made a gesture towards another. The other figure seemed to nod his head in agreement with the others question. He handed him a piece of paper within an envelope. The first figure shook the others hand and they went their separate ways.
Present Day AC195 Duo's Place
Duo walked up to Heero and grabbed his shoulder. Heero brushed off his shoulder and turned around to face Duo. "What?" Heero asked, not showing any signs of caring what Duo wanted, although this was not unusual.
"Did you hear?"
"Hear what?" Heero replied.
"About Quatre. Did you hear what happened?" Duo asked with worry.
"No," Heero replied bluntly.
Duo seemed surprised that Heero didn't know. How couldn't he? How couldn't anyone know.
"Heero, Quatre's pretty badly beat up ," Duo said with a sign of sadness in his voice.
Heero turned back around and started walking. Duo started up after him. He caught up to him and started to walk with him.
"Where ya goin' Heero?"
"To the Maganac Base."
"Dontcha wanna hear what happened?"
"No"
Two days ago
Arabian Desert
"Master Quatre we've received word of an unknown object moving this way"
Quatre got up from his relaxed position and moved over to a screen. He looked at the position on the map and decided to investigate. Quatre boarded Sandrock and was on his way to the location that was specified in the notion. When he arrived, he saw nothing on his radar. He stood still he knew there was something wrong. He moved very slightly to his left. He could see something that was blending with the sand, but not well enough that he couldn't see it.
And why was it not on his sensors? It didn't matter to him as long as he could see it. He started to slowly approach it. It looked like a mobile suit but it wasn't moving. He tried to warn it. "Attention Unidentified Mobile Suit. Drop your weapons and surrender and your life will be sparred."
There was no response. He moved a bit closer. It was a mobile suit alright, but it seemed to be abandoned. It wasn't moving. He didn't know what to do.
"Hmmm."
He checked the sensors again and tried to receive data on the new weapon. He picked up no activity from within the suit, so he had no choice but to destroy it. He ripped the shotels right through the suit and jumped away. Then the unknown mobile suit exploded. When Quatre turned around to make sure he destroyed the suit, but there were no signs that suit ever being there. But how was that possible? He had heard the explosion and saw the flash…he couldn't think of how it survived. He walked his suit to the area were the suit was when a blast flew past him.
"What the?!" He turned around and saw a scorpion like mobile suit sitting there and not moving.
"Who ever you are I suggest you leave immediately, if you wish to live," Quatre said, as he raised the shotels to attack.
There was no response from the scorpion. His sensors registered that 12 figures were advancing from behind him. He turned around to find twelve wolf-like mobile suits less than a quarter the size of Sandrock. They had cannons mounted on their backs and their main color scheme was white and black. They were in a perfect V formation. Quatre noticed one of them made a slight movement with their upper right leg.
Sandrock jumped and came down upon the wolf suit just as it fired.
"Shit!"
Quatre had no choice but to fight them. The gundam pilot then yelled, "YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE!"
Sandrock jumped up and landed on the back of what seemed to be the leader, because it was at the point of the formation. He landed on one knee and swung his shotels and crosses his arms. In doing so, shoved both of the points of the shotels into the next two in line. He jumped while the others fired rapidly and uncaringly. Shells flew by him as he fought his way through the army. Quatre looked at his radar again and saw that there were more coming. Twice as many wolf suits were closing in on him. He could barely make them out with his eyes, but he could see them coming. The wolf suits started firing from afar, but the missed horribly. Quatre finished off the last two when the others were in range to hit him, He got ready to fight them. He rushed toward them, when something hit his leg from behind. The Sandrock fell to the ground with a crash. Sandrock's leg was completely torn from its torso. The wolf suits turned and ran, while the Scorpion came over to finish the job. Its tail was aimed for the middle of the Sandrock.
"Is This…this is the end." Quatre muttered.
Then Quatre heard something come out of the scorpion.
"The names Zistus. Remember that." Then the scorpion burrowed under the sand and vanished. Quatre had enough energy to send a message to the Maganacs telling them his coordinates and what happened. When the Maganacs got to Quatre and got him out of the Gundam, Quatre was found to be badly wounded. The Maganacs recovered what was left of the leg, and brought it and Sandrock back to the Maganacs' underground base to repair Sandrock and to treat Quatre's injuries. When they tried to ask Quatre what happened all he could mutter was the word 'Zistus'.
May 24th AC195
Maganacs' Base
Heero opened the door to Quatre's room and Duo was following behind him. Heero entered silently but Quatre was already awake. He was sitting up watching the TV. The news was on and the anchor woman reporting on the terrorist attacks on OZ's forces.
"Today, another attack was mounted on one of the former Alliance's bases by a lone mobile suit. Reports are st-"
Heero went over to the Television and turned it off.
Heero walked over to Quatre.
"What attacked you?" Heero asked.
Quatre went into the whole description of the wolves and the scorpion known as Zistus. "There was something about that scorpion though… I can't put my finger on it, but it didn't seem human."
"Neither does Heero, but that doesn't bother us." Duo remarked, trying to lighten the mood, but Duo only received a glare from Heero.
"Was there anything that identified the scorpion? Were there Any markings or identification numbers on the scorpion ?" Heero asked, wanting to know as much as he could about these new weapons.
Quatre thought for a minute but couldn't think of anything right away. But then…
"Yes, There was an alphanumeric identification in red on its tail, but I don't remember what was written," Quatre answered.
"Roger, I'll start searching any information on that right away," Heero said as he was leaving the room. Duo stayed and asked some more questions.
'Could these be new OZ weapons… but why would they decide to abandon the standard mobile suit body style for the more organic bodies,' Heero thought as he left.
May 25th AC195
Howard's Cargo Tanker
Duo walks in still worrying about Quatre and his attacker. The Tanker was, as usual, a mess. It had tools lying everywhere on ground near the Deathscythe. People were taking there coffee breaks and some were not even in to work yet. Dou walked in with his usual clothes on. He had is cap and black and white outfit suiting him. The Deathscythe lie there still, not moving, as if to be operated on by a surgeon. The scythe itself was next to it, under brown tarp, covered up by the world. Some times Duo felt like that, wishing he could be covered from the world. The crew was working on Deathscythe just doing standard maintenance. Howard was working on Deathscythe when he noticed Duo and saw his face. He jumped down off the Gundam to great Duo.
"Hey Duo what's new?"
"Nothing much. Quatre was attacked by a mobile suit and we have no leads on who made it or who's piloting. I'm worried that OZ has a new weapon. I'm gonna check things out. So whatcha doin to my buddy?"
"Standard maintenance. We've picked a new crewmember. She checks out fine. No family background but a clean record for us. Her name is Riley."
"Riley? Isn't a guys name?"
Right then a girl jumped off the Deathscythe. She was full of grime and oil. She had blue eyes and was dark skinned. Her hair was shoulder length and she was thin. She also was on the taller side. She was wearing overalls and a white T-shirt. She was holding a wrench in her left hand. She walked up to Duo in a very feminine way, as if to show off her looks. She was quite beautiful, but Duo knew things in this world aren't always what they seem. And besides he had a girl friend, (Sortta)
"Did your mom ever teach you manners?" Asked the girl
"And you must be Riley. Pleasure to meet ya." Duo said generously
"If you call me a guy again it will be your pleasure to meet my fist."
Riley then turned and climbed back up onto the Deathscythe to do some maintenance.
"Man what an attitude huh?" Duo said
"Well you know those pilots, gotta have an attitude."
"WHAT?! Wait a minute back up. A PILOT?! Whatcha talkin' bout Howard?"
"You heard me. She's a Gundam pilot. She's new around here. Your friend Quatre isn't the only one who's seen those new mobile suits. She came to us looking for a job so we gave her one. The Gundam piloting was a bonus."
"Great Heero is gonna flip when he hears about this." Duo said while slamming his hand into his forehead.
"Heero? The guy who has no personality. You sure he's gonna care?" Howard asked.
Duo just walked by Howard a bit of worry was sitting on his face. Then he turned around to face Howard.
"By the way where is her Gundam?"
"In another hold, the C deck."
"Mind if I go check it out?"
"That's up to her."
"Oh great, talk to the bitch I just insulted."
Duo walked over to his Gundam and called down Riley. She jumped down with a look of disgust on her face. She was holding a towel in one hand, while cleaning the other off.
"I hear you're a gundam pilot too." Duo said charmingly.
"Yea what about it?"
"Mind I If take a look at your gundam?"
"Sure no problem…on one condition."
"Oh, great. What do you want?"
"I want a permanent place on this cargo ship."
"WHAT?! You mean to tell me I gotta deal with you every day till I die or go insane from looking at you?"
"Yep."
Duo pondered a little but thought it might be nice to have an extra maintenance worker fixing his up his Deathscythe.
"Ok"
"Great so I have a home and a job."
Duo walked away to take a peak at the new Gundam. He went to the C deck and something big was under a brown tarp.
"That must be it "
He walked over and with a bit of trouble he pulled it off. Underneath was a nice looking Gundam. On the side of its left leg had the letters in purple spelling Trickster. He thought that must be the name of the gundam. It had four vulcans guns, the other two were mounted on its head and the other two mounted on its knees. The color scheme was a simple one, purple and black. The head had a V form at the top like every gundam, but the went off in a lighting shape. Its arms were like every other gundams, but the shoulders had a bulky end. They seemed to have a shoulder pad. On its back it had a thruster pack, like the one Deathscythe had. Its legs were like any other but a bit more bulk to it. It had the extra vernier space capabilities.
"Where would someone like her get one of these?" Duo asked himself.
"So you like it, huh?"
"Huh?" Duo turned around, "oh Riley, yea it's ok. Nothing compared to my buddy Deathscythe though."
"So where did you get it?" Duo asked intently.
"Why should I tell you?" Riley said with a bit of a sarcastic tone to her voice. "Uh…because I am letting you live here?!" Duo said in a matter of factly.
"So? Any other reasons?" She asked
"Yea I have a super human friend…Heero!" He tried saying to make her laugh, but again his charm did not work.
"Ummm…so? I'll see you upstairs."
"Sure" Duo said uneasily
May 27th AC195
Circus
Trowa was in the middle of his routine. Within the red and white tented cricus help one of the most talented Gundam pilots there were, the pilot of Heavyarms. He was on the tight rope showing off his moves. The crowd was clapping for him. He jumped down off the rope and bowed. He walked back stage. Back stage was Catherine and she was talking to another guy. Trowa walked up to Catherine when she was putting some of the equipment away. Her act was over and she couldn't wait to get some rest.
"Who was that guy?"
"Some new circus member. His name is Drick. He's here for a job and he got it. In a way, he is kinda like you."
"huh."
Trowa walked over to the new comer named Drick. Drick was a young guy but older than Trowa. If Trowa had to guess, he would age him around seventeen or eighteen. He was medium sized and was a thin guy. His hair was neatly gelled neatly to his head when he pulled off his wig. He had a clown act. It was a dark brown color. He seemed to love his job. It looked like he had an adrenaline rush every time he went t o do his stunts.
"What are you for?"
"What do you mean, I'm here for the job."
"Don't play with me. I'm not stupid."
Trowa had a weird look in his eyes.
"You're the one they call Trowa aren't you?"
"Yea my names Trowa what about it."
"Come with me."
Drick walked outside and Trowa followed. Drick led him deep into the woods.
"Where are we going?" Trowa asked with a sense of anger in his tone.
"You'll see."
Drick led him deeper into the woods till they were way out of casual site. Against a boulder was a Gundam. A gundam that looked faintly familiar to ShenLong.
"What is this doing here?"
"This is my gundam. I call it Dragon."
"Who the hell are you and why are you here?" Trowa asked stoicly.
"Names Drick and I'm here to help you. We've heard of the new mobile suits and we are here to take care of OZ and their new weapon."
"We? There are more?"
"Yes I believe your friend Duo has met another of our pilots. She is a great one and will be an aid to our cause."
"We don't need you. I can handle this myself. We don't need any of you."
"I don't care what you think I'm here to help and nothing more."
"Who sent you?" Trowa asked intently.
"That is classified information, but you will find out in do time."
They walked back to the circus site silently. Trowa was thinking of why anyone would build and send another gundam. Wasn't the five Gundams hell enough to be bestowed upon the earth? And OZ already had there hands full fighting the soldiers from the former alliance and the Gundams. He didn't get it.
Obviously to be continued R&R
Disclaimer (I do not own gundam wing. Nor do I own zoids. SO F*&% OFF!)
This story was beta read by Zelinko, a future author.
Present Day, AC195
Unknown location
"So we move out tonight right?" The mysterious figure made a gesture towards another. The other figure seemed to nod his head in agreement with the others question. He handed him a piece of paper within an envelope. The first figure shook the others hand and they went their separate ways.
Present Day AC195 Duo's Place
Duo walked up to Heero and grabbed his shoulder. Heero brushed off his shoulder and turned around to face Duo. "What?" Heero asked, not showing any signs of caring what Duo wanted, although this was not unusual.
"Did you hear?"
"Hear what?" Heero replied.
"About Quatre. Did you hear what happened?" Duo asked with worry.
"No," Heero replied bluntly.
Duo seemed surprised that Heero didn't know. How couldn't he? How couldn't anyone know.
"Heero, Quatre's pretty badly beat up ," Duo said with a sign of sadness in his voice.
Heero turned back around and started walking. Duo started up after him. He caught up to him and started to walk with him.
"Where ya goin' Heero?"
"To the Maganac Base."
"Dontcha wanna hear what happened?"
"No"
Two days ago
Arabian Desert
"Master Quatre we've received word of an unknown object moving this way"
Quatre got up from his relaxed position and moved over to a screen. He looked at the position on the map and decided to investigate. Quatre boarded Sandrock and was on his way to the location that was specified in the notion. When he arrived, he saw nothing on his radar. He stood still he knew there was something wrong. He moved very slightly to his left. He could see something that was blending with the sand, but not well enough that he couldn't see it.
And why was it not on his sensors? It didn't matter to him as long as he could see it. He started to slowly approach it. It looked like a mobile suit but it wasn't moving. He tried to warn it. "Attention Unidentified Mobile Suit. Drop your weapons and surrender and your life will be sparred."
There was no response. He moved a bit closer. It was a mobile suit alright, but it seemed to be abandoned. It wasn't moving. He didn't know what to do.
"Hmmm."
He checked the sensors again and tried to receive data on the new weapon. He picked up no activity from within the suit, so he had no choice but to destroy it. He ripped the shotels right through the suit and jumped away. Then the unknown mobile suit exploded. When Quatre turned around to make sure he destroyed the suit, but there were no signs that suit ever being there. But how was that possible? He had heard the explosion and saw the flash…he couldn't think of how it survived. He walked his suit to the area were the suit was when a blast flew past him.
"What the?!" He turned around and saw a scorpion like mobile suit sitting there and not moving.
"Who ever you are I suggest you leave immediately, if you wish to live," Quatre said, as he raised the shotels to attack.
There was no response from the scorpion. His sensors registered that 12 figures were advancing from behind him. He turned around to find twelve wolf-like mobile suits less than a quarter the size of Sandrock. They had cannons mounted on their backs and their main color scheme was white and black. They were in a perfect V formation. Quatre noticed one of them made a slight movement with their upper right leg.
Sandrock jumped and came down upon the wolf suit just as it fired.
"Shit!"
Quatre had no choice but to fight them. The gundam pilot then yelled, "YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE!"
Sandrock jumped up and landed on the back of what seemed to be the leader, because it was at the point of the formation. He landed on one knee and swung his shotels and crosses his arms. In doing so, shoved both of the points of the shotels into the next two in line. He jumped while the others fired rapidly and uncaringly. Shells flew by him as he fought his way through the army. Quatre looked at his radar again and saw that there were more coming. Twice as many wolf suits were closing in on him. He could barely make them out with his eyes, but he could see them coming. The wolf suits started firing from afar, but the missed horribly. Quatre finished off the last two when the others were in range to hit him, He got ready to fight them. He rushed toward them, when something hit his leg from behind. The Sandrock fell to the ground with a crash. Sandrock's leg was completely torn from its torso. The wolf suits turned and ran, while the Scorpion came over to finish the job. Its tail was aimed for the middle of the Sandrock.
"Is This…this is the end." Quatre muttered.
Then Quatre heard something come out of the scorpion.
"The names Zistus. Remember that." Then the scorpion burrowed under the sand and vanished. Quatre had enough energy to send a message to the Maganacs telling them his coordinates and what happened. When the Maganacs got to Quatre and got him out of the Gundam, Quatre was found to be badly wounded. The Maganacs recovered what was left of the leg, and brought it and Sandrock back to the Maganacs' underground base to repair Sandrock and to treat Quatre's injuries. When they tried to ask Quatre what happened all he could mutter was the word 'Zistus'.
May 24th AC195
Maganacs' Base
Heero opened the door to Quatre's room and Duo was following behind him. Heero entered silently but Quatre was already awake. He was sitting up watching the TV. The news was on and the anchor woman reporting on the terrorist attacks on OZ's forces.
"Today, another attack was mounted on one of the former Alliance's bases by a lone mobile suit. Reports are st-"
Heero went over to the Television and turned it off.
Heero walked over to Quatre.
"What attacked you?" Heero asked.
Quatre went into the whole description of the wolves and the scorpion known as Zistus. "There was something about that scorpion though… I can't put my finger on it, but it didn't seem human."
"Neither does Heero, but that doesn't bother us." Duo remarked, trying to lighten the mood, but Duo only received a glare from Heero.
"Was there anything that identified the scorpion? Were there Any markings or identification numbers on the scorpion ?" Heero asked, wanting to know as much as he could about these new weapons.
Quatre thought for a minute but couldn't think of anything right away. But then…
"Yes, There was an alphanumeric identification in red on its tail, but I don't remember what was written," Quatre answered.
"Roger, I'll start searching any information on that right away," Heero said as he was leaving the room. Duo stayed and asked some more questions.
'Could these be new OZ weapons… but why would they decide to abandon the standard mobile suit body style for the more organic bodies,' Heero thought as he left.
May 25th AC195
Howard's Cargo Tanker
Duo walks in still worrying about Quatre and his attacker. The Tanker was, as usual, a mess. It had tools lying everywhere on ground near the Deathscythe. People were taking there coffee breaks and some were not even in to work yet. Dou walked in with his usual clothes on. He had is cap and black and white outfit suiting him. The Deathscythe lie there still, not moving, as if to be operated on by a surgeon. The scythe itself was next to it, under brown tarp, covered up by the world. Some times Duo felt like that, wishing he could be covered from the world. The crew was working on Deathscythe just doing standard maintenance. Howard was working on Deathscythe when he noticed Duo and saw his face. He jumped down off the Gundam to great Duo.
"Hey Duo what's new?"
"Nothing much. Quatre was attacked by a mobile suit and we have no leads on who made it or who's piloting. I'm worried that OZ has a new weapon. I'm gonna check things out. So whatcha doin to my buddy?"
"Standard maintenance. We've picked a new crewmember. She checks out fine. No family background but a clean record for us. Her name is Riley."
"Riley? Isn't a guys name?"
Right then a girl jumped off the Deathscythe. She was full of grime and oil. She had blue eyes and was dark skinned. Her hair was shoulder length and she was thin. She also was on the taller side. She was wearing overalls and a white T-shirt. She was holding a wrench in her left hand. She walked up to Duo in a very feminine way, as if to show off her looks. She was quite beautiful, but Duo knew things in this world aren't always what they seem. And besides he had a girl friend, (Sortta)
"Did your mom ever teach you manners?" Asked the girl
"And you must be Riley. Pleasure to meet ya." Duo said generously
"If you call me a guy again it will be your pleasure to meet my fist."
Riley then turned and climbed back up onto the Deathscythe to do some maintenance.
"Man what an attitude huh?" Duo said
"Well you know those pilots, gotta have an attitude."
"WHAT?! Wait a minute back up. A PILOT?! Whatcha talkin' bout Howard?"
"You heard me. She's a Gundam pilot. She's new around here. Your friend Quatre isn't the only one who's seen those new mobile suits. She came to us looking for a job so we gave her one. The Gundam piloting was a bonus."
"Great Heero is gonna flip when he hears about this." Duo said while slamming his hand into his forehead.
"Heero? The guy who has no personality. You sure he's gonna care?" Howard asked.
Duo just walked by Howard a bit of worry was sitting on his face. Then he turned around to face Howard.
"By the way where is her Gundam?"
"In another hold, the C deck."
"Mind if I go check it out?"
"That's up to her."
"Oh great, talk to the bitch I just insulted."
Duo walked over to his Gundam and called down Riley. She jumped down with a look of disgust on her face. She was holding a towel in one hand, while cleaning the other off.
"I hear you're a gundam pilot too." Duo said charmingly.
"Yea what about it?"
"Mind I If take a look at your gundam?"
"Sure no problem…on one condition."
"Oh, great. What do you want?"
"I want a permanent place on this cargo ship."
"WHAT?! You mean to tell me I gotta deal with you every day till I die or go insane from looking at you?"
"Yep."
Duo pondered a little but thought it might be nice to have an extra maintenance worker fixing his up his Deathscythe.
"Ok"
"Great so I have a home and a job."
Duo walked away to take a peak at the new Gundam. He went to the C deck and something big was under a brown tarp.
"That must be it "
He walked over and with a bit of trouble he pulled it off. Underneath was a nice looking Gundam. On the side of its left leg had the letters in purple spelling Trickster. He thought that must be the name of the gundam. It had four vulcans guns, the other two were mounted on its head and the other two mounted on its knees. The color scheme was a simple one, purple and black. The head had a V form at the top like every gundam, but the went off in a lighting shape. Its arms were like every other gundams, but the shoulders had a bulky end. They seemed to have a shoulder pad. On its back it had a thruster pack, like the one Deathscythe had. Its legs were like any other but a bit more bulk to it. It had the extra vernier space capabilities.
"Where would someone like her get one of these?" Duo asked himself.
"So you like it, huh?"
"Huh?" Duo turned around, "oh Riley, yea it's ok. Nothing compared to my buddy Deathscythe though."
"So where did you get it?" Duo asked intently.
"Why should I tell you?" Riley said with a bit of a sarcastic tone to her voice. "Uh…because I am letting you live here?!" Duo said in a matter of factly.
"So? Any other reasons?" She asked
"Yea I have a super human friend…Heero!" He tried saying to make her laugh, but again his charm did not work.
"Ummm…so? I'll see you upstairs."
"Sure" Duo said uneasily
May 27th AC195
Circus
Trowa was in the middle of his routine. Within the red and white tented cricus help one of the most talented Gundam pilots there were, the pilot of Heavyarms. He was on the tight rope showing off his moves. The crowd was clapping for him. He jumped down off the rope and bowed. He walked back stage. Back stage was Catherine and she was talking to another guy. Trowa walked up to Catherine when she was putting some of the equipment away. Her act was over and she couldn't wait to get some rest.
"Who was that guy?"
"Some new circus member. His name is Drick. He's here for a job and he got it. In a way, he is kinda like you."
"huh."
Trowa walked over to the new comer named Drick. Drick was a young guy but older than Trowa. If Trowa had to guess, he would age him around seventeen or eighteen. He was medium sized and was a thin guy. His hair was neatly gelled neatly to his head when he pulled off his wig. He had a clown act. It was a dark brown color. He seemed to love his job. It looked like he had an adrenaline rush every time he went t o do his stunts.
"What are you for?"
"What do you mean, I'm here for the job."
"Don't play with me. I'm not stupid."
Trowa had a weird look in his eyes.
"You're the one they call Trowa aren't you?"
"Yea my names Trowa what about it."
"Come with me."
Drick walked outside and Trowa followed. Drick led him deep into the woods.
"Where are we going?" Trowa asked with a sense of anger in his tone.
"You'll see."
Drick led him deeper into the woods till they were way out of casual site. Against a boulder was a Gundam. A gundam that looked faintly familiar to ShenLong.
"What is this doing here?"
"This is my gundam. I call it Dragon."
"Who the hell are you and why are you here?" Trowa asked stoicly.
"Names Drick and I'm here to help you. We've heard of the new mobile suits and we are here to take care of OZ and their new weapon."
"We? There are more?"
"Yes I believe your friend Duo has met another of our pilots. She is a great one and will be an aid to our cause."
"We don't need you. I can handle this myself. We don't need any of you."
"I don't care what you think I'm here to help and nothing more."
"Who sent you?" Trowa asked intently.
"That is classified information, but you will find out in do time."
They walked back to the circus site silently. Trowa was thinking of why anyone would build and send another gundam. Wasn't the five Gundams hell enough to be bestowed upon the earth? And OZ already had there hands full fighting the soldiers from the former alliance and the Gundams. He didn't get it.
Obviously to be continued R&R