Zeon Barracks: Daphen's room.
I walked into his room as he was slung over the fireplace, He was holding the picture and he was crying a little. He had mumbled something and then he threw the picture in to the fire. I just stood there reluctant to give him the message. I liked him a lot ever since the academy. I guess you can say I even loved him. I remember he asked me, back then on that balcony, what it was like to be a normal child. Well as normal as my life was, it couldn't be considered normal.
Colony: Side 12. 11 years ago.
My life started and basically ended here. I was born a spacenoid, I will always be a spacenoid, and I will die a spacenoid. My life couldn't be much worse than it already was. It started out as a normal life. I was a happy child until my brother was born and my mom died from complications. That's what my dad said anyway. My brother and I were only two years apart. My brother's name is Aren. My father became like any other normal man who had lost their wife. He became a drunkard. That was the end of it sort of... I remember it was a weekend on the colony and it was raining. Even though it was artificial rain it still felt real. We were walking home from school. He had skipped a grade twice. So we both were in the 3rd grade. This was the best memory I have of Aren.
"Rathen," Aren said.
"Yeah, Aren. What do you want?" I asked.
"What was our mother like?" He said.
"Let's see. Our mother was a beautiful lady," I said to him.
"Yeah," he replied as he listened in awe.
"She had golden hair it was like silk," I told him.
"What? She was blonde, but you and I are brown heads. How did that happen?" He asked.
"Well our mother had blonde hair and our father had black hair. Get it?" I replied.
I proceeded to tell him about our mother from the top of her head to the bottom of her toes. My mother was the most beautiful woman in the world. When we walked to the house we saw that the house was in shambles. I didn't understand why. There was a few lamps and stuff on the ground. This was my most unfavorable memory I had. I thought that my house was robbed and my father had tried to save it. I told Aren to stay outside for his protection. I should have stayed outside too. I heard a lot of screams coming from the bedroom. I opened the door and there he was. My father sleeping with another woman. I shut the door and ran downstairs and away. I couldn't go back. I ran to the playground at my school. My teacher came out to talk to me. I told him the story and he told me to go back and face my fears. I did and the out come wasn't favorable. My father hit me a lot. I was bleeding all over the place. It was like this for years.
Colony Side 12: Ugani home: 4 yrs ago.
I was thirteen and my life had started to form correctly. I had decided that I would join the Zeon. My father and brother sided with the Federation. The colony was mainly Zeon. My brother and father were part of the Federation underground movement. I wondered why. I had finally been accepted at school; I had friends and was even dating a guy at my school. All this changed when my brother told everybody that I was a Feddie supporter. I walked into the lunchroom and people threw things at me. My friends became my bitter enemies. I can't believe why he did that. This was the most crucial time in my life. I walked into my home to find my brother standing in my room.
"What are you doing in my room?" I asked.
"You're just a budding example of femininity, aren't you?" He replied.
"Ok. Look I may not be like the normal girl. I'm fascinated with mobile suits." I said.
"You Zeon scum. Get over here," he said as he came up and grabbed my shoulders.
"Hey let go. Stop it!" I exclaimed at him.
My brother then kicked me in the stomach and I fell to the ground. He sexually abused me. That was my first experience. My brother had to pay for what he had done. I was walking home from school one day. I was taking the scenic route home. It was a nice stroll through the town in my colony. I had found a girl about my age from a private school in the upper class sector. She made a wrong turn and was lost, so I decided to escort her back to upper class sector. Her name was Yui and we became good friends despite the differences in social classes/
Colony Side 2: 2 yrs. ago.
A year ago I found out that as my father and brother abused me, my body had healed and not scared. I had one thing wrong though... My brain had healed different. I was able to tap into my brain and I had become a newtype. The only person who knew was me and my doctor.
Pilot Training school: 2 yrs ago.
It was then that my doctor had helped my get admitted to a mobile suit training school for Zeon pilots. It was nice I guess. I was one of three female pilots. We were mostly the same except they were about three years older. There was this one guy who kept getting on my nerves. He was in both my Advanced Battle Tactics, Flight Simulator, and Advanced Mobile Suit technologies. He and I were rivals to the end. I had hardly known the meaning of friends. I made frequent trips to the cadet's lounge to lean on the rails and just stare into space. It was there I found him. That annoying boy Daphen. It was time we made a truce. He began to talk about Yui, I didn't tell him I knew her. I asked him to tell me about her and I couldn't just help myself. I placed my hand on his shoulder and began to cry. Then he came up and held me against his chest. I hit him in anger; anger for all men. Except he was different, he wasn't trying to hurt me at all. It was nice to feel a little loved, even if it wasn't real love. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. A few days later one of the other girls found out about Daphen and told the other female cadet. I was ridiculed until we graduation. I finally made it out of here. From there we went our separate ways, Daphen and I.
Zeon Battleship the Gladiator: 1 year ago.
After graduation from the academy I received top recommendations for placement. I was outfitted with the space version of the Gouf. I got rid of the heat rod, which was almost useless in space. I also received the experimental shield vulcan cannon. Rather than put me into actual battle my superiors put me to bridge work. I was either the operator or the communications officer. During one battle with a small Federation detachment the bridge took a direct hit. James, the other communications officer working that shift, and I helped everybody out and to the secondary bridge. As I was helping the captain out a consol blew up in my face. I was rushed to the infirmary. I had received 1st and 2nd degree burns to the face and neck, but that was easily fixed. The other wound I had received was vision impairment. I had to wear glasses from now on except in battle where I had to wear contacts. As soon as I left the infirmary I was transferred to a unit on the first line. Finally combat. I wouldn't have to be an operator.
Side 12: 4 months ago.
Our ship had used the colony to give the soldiers a little R&R before we went back into the front lines. It was amazing how much the colony changed. I had simply made it back to the place I had escaped from. I stayed in the ship most of the time. I had only left a few times to get supplies and such for the ship or to see Yui. Through her I found out that Daphen was on the ship. This was even more reason to stay on the ship. Maybe I wouldn't meet have to meet him. It was then we were recalled and shipped back out into space. I was heading towards the hanger when I bumped into Daphen.
"Um. Excuse me, sir." I said.
"Forget it. My fault." Daphen said.
I picked up some maintenance paper for my Gouf and walked away. Daphen grabbed my shoulder and I turned around.
"Long time no see, Rei." Daphen said smiling.
"Um. It has been a long time." I replied.
"So which suit is yours?" Daphen asked.
"The Gouf in the next hanger over, section C." I replied.
I hadn't even looked at him yet. I just was pretending to look at my papers.
"What have you been up to?" Daphen asked.
He kept asking questions. I wonder why he kept asking me. He was just making polite conversation, probably.
"I was assigned to the Gladiator." I replied still looking at the papers.
"Well then, I'll be seeing you. Have some work left to do on my suit. Goodbye Ensign." Daphen said as he walked away.
I looked up from the papers and yelled at him.
"Hey! What's with the formalities?" I yelled.
Daphen turned around and pointed towards his collar. He was a lieutenant. I sighed and walked towards my Gouf. The mechanic working at it handed my some papers, some about the maintenance and the others about my assignment. I was supposed to be in charge of two more units, both Zakus.
Zeon Air Space: 1 week ago.
My patrol unit had been on two sorties. Jamie, one of the Zaku pilots, was the more accurate one. She was basically a sharp shooter go by the book person. She disliked when I strayed from our mission or procedure. The other Zaku pilot, Sarah, was the more hectic one. She basically charged into the fray and shot anything that moved.
A battle was planned to happen this week. Daphen's unit, another unit, and my unit were to head to an outpost and destroy it. However we were met with an obscenely strong resistance force. Daphen was point and called for back up. He was staring down some suit and finally gave the order to attack. I couldn't help but sit there staring at his suit. Jamie had been asking me to give our unit the order to attack. I just toned her out until Sarah's suit had rammed into mine and broke my trance. Our unit began our offensive.
After the battle I saw, out of the corner of my monitor, that Side 12 was falling towards Earth. Daphen's suit was flying towards the falling colony. I flew towards him until I was stopped by a couple of GMs. I dispensed of them and saw that the colony had already began to burn into the atmosphere. The outpost had been taken care of by the time the battleship arrived.
On the ship Daphen had been sitting there staring out into space. I walked over and sat next to him. I began to talk to him and our conversation went on until morning. It was then when I saw him sad that I began to think that I loved him.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Sorry to anyone who reads this. I had lost parts of the original fic and was trying to repair it as well as working on other fics. ^_^' I'm working on about 3 other fics right now so updates between them are going to be long. Again sorry for the time between the updates. Adios.
I walked into his room as he was slung over the fireplace, He was holding the picture and he was crying a little. He had mumbled something and then he threw the picture in to the fire. I just stood there reluctant to give him the message. I liked him a lot ever since the academy. I guess you can say I even loved him. I remember he asked me, back then on that balcony, what it was like to be a normal child. Well as normal as my life was, it couldn't be considered normal.
Colony: Side 12. 11 years ago.
My life started and basically ended here. I was born a spacenoid, I will always be a spacenoid, and I will die a spacenoid. My life couldn't be much worse than it already was. It started out as a normal life. I was a happy child until my brother was born and my mom died from complications. That's what my dad said anyway. My brother and I were only two years apart. My brother's name is Aren. My father became like any other normal man who had lost their wife. He became a drunkard. That was the end of it sort of... I remember it was a weekend on the colony and it was raining. Even though it was artificial rain it still felt real. We were walking home from school. He had skipped a grade twice. So we both were in the 3rd grade. This was the best memory I have of Aren.
"Rathen," Aren said.
"Yeah, Aren. What do you want?" I asked.
"What was our mother like?" He said.
"Let's see. Our mother was a beautiful lady," I said to him.
"Yeah," he replied as he listened in awe.
"She had golden hair it was like silk," I told him.
"What? She was blonde, but you and I are brown heads. How did that happen?" He asked.
"Well our mother had blonde hair and our father had black hair. Get it?" I replied.
I proceeded to tell him about our mother from the top of her head to the bottom of her toes. My mother was the most beautiful woman in the world. When we walked to the house we saw that the house was in shambles. I didn't understand why. There was a few lamps and stuff on the ground. This was my most unfavorable memory I had. I thought that my house was robbed and my father had tried to save it. I told Aren to stay outside for his protection. I should have stayed outside too. I heard a lot of screams coming from the bedroom. I opened the door and there he was. My father sleeping with another woman. I shut the door and ran downstairs and away. I couldn't go back. I ran to the playground at my school. My teacher came out to talk to me. I told him the story and he told me to go back and face my fears. I did and the out come wasn't favorable. My father hit me a lot. I was bleeding all over the place. It was like this for years.
Colony Side 12: Ugani home: 4 yrs ago.
I was thirteen and my life had started to form correctly. I had decided that I would join the Zeon. My father and brother sided with the Federation. The colony was mainly Zeon. My brother and father were part of the Federation underground movement. I wondered why. I had finally been accepted at school; I had friends and was even dating a guy at my school. All this changed when my brother told everybody that I was a Feddie supporter. I walked into the lunchroom and people threw things at me. My friends became my bitter enemies. I can't believe why he did that. This was the most crucial time in my life. I walked into my home to find my brother standing in my room.
"What are you doing in my room?" I asked.
"You're just a budding example of femininity, aren't you?" He replied.
"Ok. Look I may not be like the normal girl. I'm fascinated with mobile suits." I said.
"You Zeon scum. Get over here," he said as he came up and grabbed my shoulders.
"Hey let go. Stop it!" I exclaimed at him.
My brother then kicked me in the stomach and I fell to the ground. He sexually abused me. That was my first experience. My brother had to pay for what he had done. I was walking home from school one day. I was taking the scenic route home. It was a nice stroll through the town in my colony. I had found a girl about my age from a private school in the upper class sector. She made a wrong turn and was lost, so I decided to escort her back to upper class sector. Her name was Yui and we became good friends despite the differences in social classes/
Colony Side 2: 2 yrs. ago.
A year ago I found out that as my father and brother abused me, my body had healed and not scared. I had one thing wrong though... My brain had healed different. I was able to tap into my brain and I had become a newtype. The only person who knew was me and my doctor.
Pilot Training school: 2 yrs ago.
It was then that my doctor had helped my get admitted to a mobile suit training school for Zeon pilots. It was nice I guess. I was one of three female pilots. We were mostly the same except they were about three years older. There was this one guy who kept getting on my nerves. He was in both my Advanced Battle Tactics, Flight Simulator, and Advanced Mobile Suit technologies. He and I were rivals to the end. I had hardly known the meaning of friends. I made frequent trips to the cadet's lounge to lean on the rails and just stare into space. It was there I found him. That annoying boy Daphen. It was time we made a truce. He began to talk about Yui, I didn't tell him I knew her. I asked him to tell me about her and I couldn't just help myself. I placed my hand on his shoulder and began to cry. Then he came up and held me against his chest. I hit him in anger; anger for all men. Except he was different, he wasn't trying to hurt me at all. It was nice to feel a little loved, even if it wasn't real love. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. A few days later one of the other girls found out about Daphen and told the other female cadet. I was ridiculed until we graduation. I finally made it out of here. From there we went our separate ways, Daphen and I.
Zeon Battleship the Gladiator: 1 year ago.
After graduation from the academy I received top recommendations for placement. I was outfitted with the space version of the Gouf. I got rid of the heat rod, which was almost useless in space. I also received the experimental shield vulcan cannon. Rather than put me into actual battle my superiors put me to bridge work. I was either the operator or the communications officer. During one battle with a small Federation detachment the bridge took a direct hit. James, the other communications officer working that shift, and I helped everybody out and to the secondary bridge. As I was helping the captain out a consol blew up in my face. I was rushed to the infirmary. I had received 1st and 2nd degree burns to the face and neck, but that was easily fixed. The other wound I had received was vision impairment. I had to wear glasses from now on except in battle where I had to wear contacts. As soon as I left the infirmary I was transferred to a unit on the first line. Finally combat. I wouldn't have to be an operator.
Side 12: 4 months ago.
Our ship had used the colony to give the soldiers a little R&R before we went back into the front lines. It was amazing how much the colony changed. I had simply made it back to the place I had escaped from. I stayed in the ship most of the time. I had only left a few times to get supplies and such for the ship or to see Yui. Through her I found out that Daphen was on the ship. This was even more reason to stay on the ship. Maybe I wouldn't meet have to meet him. It was then we were recalled and shipped back out into space. I was heading towards the hanger when I bumped into Daphen.
"Um. Excuse me, sir." I said.
"Forget it. My fault." Daphen said.
I picked up some maintenance paper for my Gouf and walked away. Daphen grabbed my shoulder and I turned around.
"Long time no see, Rei." Daphen said smiling.
"Um. It has been a long time." I replied.
"So which suit is yours?" Daphen asked.
"The Gouf in the next hanger over, section C." I replied.
I hadn't even looked at him yet. I just was pretending to look at my papers.
"What have you been up to?" Daphen asked.
He kept asking questions. I wonder why he kept asking me. He was just making polite conversation, probably.
"I was assigned to the Gladiator." I replied still looking at the papers.
"Well then, I'll be seeing you. Have some work left to do on my suit. Goodbye Ensign." Daphen said as he walked away.
I looked up from the papers and yelled at him.
"Hey! What's with the formalities?" I yelled.
Daphen turned around and pointed towards his collar. He was a lieutenant. I sighed and walked towards my Gouf. The mechanic working at it handed my some papers, some about the maintenance and the others about my assignment. I was supposed to be in charge of two more units, both Zakus.
Zeon Air Space: 1 week ago.
My patrol unit had been on two sorties. Jamie, one of the Zaku pilots, was the more accurate one. She was basically a sharp shooter go by the book person. She disliked when I strayed from our mission or procedure. The other Zaku pilot, Sarah, was the more hectic one. She basically charged into the fray and shot anything that moved.
A battle was planned to happen this week. Daphen's unit, another unit, and my unit were to head to an outpost and destroy it. However we were met with an obscenely strong resistance force. Daphen was point and called for back up. He was staring down some suit and finally gave the order to attack. I couldn't help but sit there staring at his suit. Jamie had been asking me to give our unit the order to attack. I just toned her out until Sarah's suit had rammed into mine and broke my trance. Our unit began our offensive.
After the battle I saw, out of the corner of my monitor, that Side 12 was falling towards Earth. Daphen's suit was flying towards the falling colony. I flew towards him until I was stopped by a couple of GMs. I dispensed of them and saw that the colony had already began to burn into the atmosphere. The outpost had been taken care of by the time the battleship arrived.
On the ship Daphen had been sitting there staring out into space. I walked over and sat next to him. I began to talk to him and our conversation went on until morning. It was then when I saw him sad that I began to think that I loved him.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Sorry to anyone who reads this. I had lost parts of the original fic and was trying to repair it as well as working on other fics. ^_^' I'm working on about 3 other fics right now so updates between them are going to be long. Again sorry for the time between the updates. Adios.