The 08th MS Team - The Lost Mission

by Slim Gohan



Disclaimers - I don't own the 08th MS.

Synopsis - The 08th MS Team and Norris Packard just destroyed the factory, and the monsterous Mobile Armor. No one could rest easy though, when Terry Sanders Jr. was flung into space........



Author's Notes - Here is the TRUE Chapter 12. I'll leave the other one up as a happier taros (Fancy word meaning Alternate Ending). But, after going through and seeing the ending not fitting with the serious tone, I decided to make the true ending ; One that fits the tone of the rest of the story. Well, here it is. I hoped you liked the story.

'......' - Indicates thought

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CHAPTER 12 - END OF THE MISSION......THE PARTING OF WAYS

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SPACE

They were thinking the worst for Terry Sanders Jr., since he was about to enter the Earth's atmosphere.........

"SANDERS!!!!!!!!!"

"Commander........I've lost control of my Gundam!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"SANDERS! THIS IS KAREN!!! CAN YOU STILL CONTROL IT'S ARMS???"

"I CAN ONLY CONTROL ONE ARM!!!!!! "

"YOU STILL HAVE THE SHIELD????"

"..........YES....BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING???!?!?!?!?"

'Wait.....I have heard of this move before......The White Mobile Suit's atmospheric re-entry......I heard this from Char himself!.....But can these later models do it too?' Norris thought, when he heard Karen's plan.

"SANDERS, LISTEN CLOSELY!!!! FLIP OVER UNTIL YOUR GUNDAM'S STOMACH IS FACE DOWN......"

"I'M ALREADY IN THAT POSITION!!!!!"

"GOOD! NOW PUT YOUR SHIELD IN FRONT OF YOUR GUNDAM'S HEAD, SO IT BLOCKS MOST OF THE OZONE!!!!!! THEN LOWER YOUR GUNDAM'S ARMOR TEMP. SO IT DOESN'T OVERHEAT!!!!!"

"I GOT YA!!!!"

"GOOD JOB KAREN!!! QUICK THINKING!!!!"

"THANKS COMMANDER!"

"COMMANDER, THIS IS ELEDORE!!!! THE REAPER HAS ENTERED THE ATMOSPHERE!!!! HE IS MAINTAINING RADIO SILENCE......."

In the backround, Michel was yelling that they were all going to die.

".........AND WOULD YOU SHUT UP MICHEL!!!!!!!!!!!"

"......sorry."

"DO YOU COPY COMMANDER?" "I COPY! ALRIGHT EVERYONE!!! WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE PLANET AS WELL!!!! NORRIS, COME ALONG WITH US, WE'LL LET YOU LEAVE AS SOON AS WE'RE ALL SAFE ON EARTH!!!"

"I UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS, SHIRO AMADA."

Shiro's, and Karen's Gundams, ans well as Norris' Gouf grabbed onto the Hovertank. Eledore and Michel's tank then began it's own re-entry process.

"Sanders......live....." was all Shiro could possibly think of.

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"Shit!!!!!!!!!"

Sanders' cause took a turn for the worst, when his Gundam lost an arm. It also lost a few fingers on it's Shield arm.

The shield was holding up, but not by much.

"I have a feeling this won't end well........"

But the Federation ace wasn't about to give up, he knew he had to make it somehow.

Sanders was snapped out of his daze by a beep. It signaled that he was almost to the ground. It also signaled that there was no possible safe landing; Basicilly, To make it through, he had to take a hit.

"Shit....."

The countdown to touchdown began, and Sanders wasn't exactly waiting in anticipation.

"10......"

"9..."

"8...."

"7..."

"This is it....."

"6..."

"5...."

"Gotta survive...."

"4...."

"3..."

"2...."

"1...."

"Here it comes......"

"0....Impact."

Sanders braced himself..........and then he blacked out at initial impact.

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"COMMANDER!!! SANDERS HAS MADE IT TO EARTH!!!!"

"GOOD!"

"NO, IT'S NOT!!!! SANDERS DID NOT LAND SAFELY!!! AND MICHEL AND ME ARE FEARING THE WORST!!!!!"

"no........"

"SHIRO.......I HAVE EVERY FEELING THAT TERRY SANDERS WILL BE ALRIGHT., JUST WORRY ABOUT OURSELVES FOR THE MOMENT. AFTER WE GET TO EARTH, I'M SURE YOU'LL FIND SANDERS."

"HE'S RIGHT COMMANDER!" Karen said.

"I know........LISTEN UP! WE FIND SANDERS AS SOON AS WE GET TO EARTH!!!! ELEDORE HAVE YOU LOCATED HIM??"

"YES, I HAVE HIS COORDINATES, AND WE'RE HEADIN' RIGHT FOR THEM!"

"GOOD......LET'S GO!!!!"

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Shiro and his team had a safer re-entry. They landed about a meter away from Sander's burning Gundam. They found him, bleeding and alive. They got him to a nearby hosiptal as sson as they could. He would turn out alright, and be in the hosiptal only two days before he checked out.

Norris had said goodbye. He had gained a respect for Shiro's rag-tag group of fighters.

Little did he know, he would confront them again, but on opposite sides of the battlefield. He wouldn't find out until it was too late......That he was fighting Shiro, Aina's love.

He would go down with honor, and a wish that Aina and this feddie would be together forever. It was a wish that only a "father" figure could have.

When the 08th Team got back, Shiro faced the tribunal again.......

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"We're glad that this mission was a success, but your loyalties are still very unclear........You will be on the front line of the end of this war........"

Shiro just stood there in absolute hatred.

He was enduring this for love.

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I hoped you liked it. Review/Flame/Opinionate. Later.

Slim Gohan.