Ch.13
It has been six weeks since the incident at Mercury; the five pilots have already made plans for their next destination. Earth was the next target. Blake, the pilot of Sandrock, explained that the Earth was filled with mobile suits and there were always MS battles throughout the planet.
Chris-"Man, I can't wait to get to Earth."
Leo-"Don't get too excited Chris, like I said the place is crawling with mobile suits. Most of them are sponsored by KANZ."
Old man--"Well Earth is our next location and target. It won't be long till we arrive."
Leo-"The doc's right, we better get some shut eye."
Blake-"With ya there man."
Chan-"I'll go and do my usual workout."
Michelle-"I gotta go work on Deathscythe and prepare it to fight in Earth's gravity."
Hours later, the ship had arrived at Earth's orbit. The five pilots became eager to enter the Earth where they would face the best pilots in the entire system.
They had finally entered the atmosphere and landed. The spaceport they landed at was at Tokyo, Japan.
Chris-"Look at this place, it's crowded."
Old man-"Tokyo is a very populated place, you can get easily separated from someone in these crowds."
Chris-"Well you guys can go unload the suits, Chan, Blake, and myself are going to do a little site seeing."
Leo-"Do what you want Chris but stay out of trouble."
Chris-"Do I look like the type of person likes to get into trouble?"
Leo-"In most cases I don't know what to think."
Chan-"Don't worry, we'll be okay."
The three headed out into the city looking around. They made their first stop at a music store. Next they made a stop for a bite to eat at a restaurant.
Blake-"This place is huge."
Chan-"No kidding."
Chris-"Well I need to find an electronic hardware store."
Blake-"What do you need to go there for Chris? We don't need any tools."
Chris-"It's just for myself."
Chris then pulled up his right sleeve revealing a surprise.
Blake-"What the?"
Chan-"You're a cyborg."
Chris-"You guys seem surprised."
Blake-"How did you lose your arm then."
Chris-"In a car accident when I was 14, I was hit by a speeding car. The accident caused me right arm, my left knee down, and the right side of my skull."
Chan-"How'd you afford to pay for this?"
Chris-"The speeder paid for the damages since he was going 20 miles over the speed limit."
Blake-"So that's how you beat Chan in arm wrestling."
Chan-"Yeah, you cheated, so give me back the $100 bucks you took."
Chris-"That was three weeks ago. My cyber parts allow me to heal faster than any normal human. Leo knew about this, that was why he put me as secondary team captain and battle strategist."
Blake-"Enough talk guys, let's just go to the hardware store."
The three made their way to the store within one hour. Chris looked throughout the store and found the cyber limbs accessories.
Chris-"Now this was the leg I was looking for."
Blake-"What is it?"
Chris-"The Wolf Sniper-3B0. This baby carries two laser pistols that have miniature generators in them that can recharge the ammo."
Chan-"Sounds useful."
Chris-"Hell yeah, the leg I have is a basic leg that can't do shit but allow me to walk and run with extra boost in speed."
Blake-"Well are you going to buy it or not?"
Chris-"I have more than enough money to get this."
Chris bought his leg and attached it right away; he sold his other leg and made his way back to the ship along with the others.
Leo-"So how was your day Chris?"
Chris-"Went by fine. I got a new leg."
Leo-"You finally got the leg you wanted, the Wolf Sniper-3B0?"
Chris-"Yeah, now I can really kick ass and I don't have to worry about any little girls beating the shit out of me. Instead they'll be the one in the hospital."
Leo-"Come on, it's getting late. I need some help here with these orders."
Chris-"What is it this time?"
Leo-"Well I've got some ammo for Heavyarms, some new more powerful boosters for each suit, more powerful thermal weapons, and some other stuff."
Chris-"Sounds like a lot. Though with the right stuff, the gundams will be the most powerful mobile suits on the planet."
Leo-"I wouldn't say so Chris. The pilots here on Earth are heard to be very powerful along with their suits."
Chan-"I hear there's a MS battle tournament coming up, the prize money is $1,000."
Blake-"That would be enough to buy new parts for each Gundam."
Leo-"The tournament is this Saturday, but."
Chris-"But what?"
Leo-"The mobile suit has to be a heavyweight. No lightweights."
Chan-"So who can enter then?"
Leo-"From the weight measure, Heavyarms is the only one."
Chris-"Meaning I have to go in this alone!"
Blake-"We need the money."
Chris-".Hell, why not. This team wouldn't be anywhere without me."
Chan-"So you're accepting the challenge into the tournament?"
Chris-"You just worry about our budget, just let me worry about the tournament."
For the rest of the week, Chris worked on Heavyarms without coming out of the garage except for food and water. He continued to modify the suit for battle. Day and night he would not stop.
The tournament had finally come and every contestant brought heavyweight mobile suits. Chris had finally prepared Heavyarms for the competition.
Chris-"This place is huge."
Blake-"And look at the size of the arena."
Chris-"The bigger the better, gives me enough room to maneuver."
Leo-"Don't get too confident, the competition here is supposed to be tough."
Chris-"Is there any mobile suit that can stand up to a gundam and not to mention my skills?"
Michelle-"Oh brother, just try not to lose."
Chris-"Who says I'll lose."
The tournament began an hour later. The battles had begun and were fierce. Heavyarms had already made it up to the semifinals.
Leo-"Chris is doing a good job so far."
Michelle-"It won't be that easy, once he reaches the finals he'll have more than enough trouble."
Blake-"Hey, I haven't known much about him but I know he'll win."
Chan-"Yeah, besides he has a gundam."
In the contestant garage, Chris had been preparing for his next match in the semifinals.
Chris-"Just a few adjustments here and."
Pilot-"Hey!"
Chris-"Huh?"
Pilot-"Welcome aboard rookie."
Chris-"What do you want."
Pilot-"Hey, I'm just saying hello to the new guy here and I'm trying to be polite."
Chris-".Names Chris."
Scythe-"I'm Scythe and might I say that you're doing one heck of a job out there."
Chris-"I've had practice."
Scythe-"I can see that."
Chris-".Looks like the battle is over out there."
Scythe-"I'm not surprised. Cloud was in that battle."
Chris-"Cloud?"
Just then, the suit that was defeated was towed in. It was in shambles, the entire suit had been ripped apart. One arm was missing, half of the left leg was gone, and the torso was completely ripped to shreds.
Chris-"Damn. Did that Cloud guy do that?"
Scythe-"Guys merciless, he's one of the best pilots around. One of the top three pilots in the MS battle arenas."
Chris-"Yeah, I can see why."
Scythe-"Well good luck man you'll need it."
Chris had gone to his next battle, which would lead him into the finals. Heavyarms stepped out into the arena and stood there, waiting for his next opponent.
Announcer-"Alright ladies and gentlemen, this battle is about to go underway. In this battle it will be the new rookie Chris and his suit Heavyarms. I got to hand it to the rookie but how long will he last to the second place champion of last years tournament.Rhino and his suit Titan."
From the other side of the arena a bulky, brown mobile suit with grenade cannon arms and missile launchers attached all over.
Blake-"Check that guy's mobile suit out, its fully loaded."
Chan-"The suit is probably slow with all that weight on it. Heavyarms is fast enough to escape its firepower."
Michelle-"Don't know, he did place second in this exact tournament last year."
Chris looked at his opponent but didn't have a single worry as he sat in the cockpit.
Chris-"Who does this think he is, is he trying to intimidate me with all that weaponry on him? I might as well show him that having a giant mobile suit isn't everything."
Rhino-"Look at this, you think you can get past me rookie. Don't make me laugh."
Chris-"Size isn't everything."
Rhino-"It will matter when I'm through with your sorry ass."
Announcer-"Let the battle begin!"
The bell went off and both suits went into battle. Heavyarms went and dodged the missiles that Titan was launching. Titan had then launched a large missile making a direct hit to Heavyarms. Though when the smoke cleared, Heavyarms was intact but had a few blemishes.
Rhino-"This kid looks tougher than I thought. His suit is fast but has a high defense from what the stats show but how can that be possible?"
Chris-"Giving up yet?"
Rhino-"Ha! Rookie, its about time you learned your lesson with messing with the big boys."
Chris-"We'll see about that."
Titan had then released a full ammo assault on the gundam. Heavyarms just stood there not moving an inch letting each missile making a direct hit. Titan finally stopped for he ran out of ammunition.
Rhino-"Humph! Kid had it coming."
Announcer-"Well folks there you have it. It is clear that no suit could with stand an attack like that.wait a minute. It seems that the battle screen shows that Heavyarms is still in the battle but it may be a glitch folks."
Michelle-"That's no glitch."
As the smoke cleared, Heavyarms stood in the arena without a single dent on him. Rhino though sat there with his mouth wide open gawking.
Chris-"Surprise."
Rhino-"How the hell."
Before Rhino could finish his sentence Heavyarms charged right toward him. He drew out both of his army knives and slashed Titan continuously. He then flew backward and fired all of his ammo decreasing Titan's defense power. Chris then ran out of ammo but caused more than enough damage to Titan.
Chris-"Time to put this to an end.SUPREME TORNADO!"
Heavyarms drew both of its army knives again and began spinning like a tornado. He then made his way toward Titan. He then lifted Titan up with his knives and slashed him down until he was ripped to the exoskeleton of the suit. The suit was completely torn apart and was unable to fight anymore.
Announcer-"Uh.oh, yeah, um Titan is unable to battle so Heavyarms wins the match."
The crowd cheered in the victory. Everyone shouted Chris's name in his victory and for the show he put on.
Leo-"Good going Chris."
Blake-"That was one hell of a battle."
But from the sidelines Chris took a quick glance at someone. A young man with a leather coat and short shiny hair, the man was a mutant with a white cattail with ears on the top of his head. He looked straight at Chris with his jet black eyes.
Chris-"That's Cloud. I saw him in the battle. I'll have to be careful in my match with him next."
Ch.14
Chris had finally made it to the finals in the tournament. His next opponent was Cloud, knowing that his next match may be his most difficult match yet. Though while in the garage.
Scythe-"Not bad rookie, I'm really impressed. You might actually beat Cloud."
Chris-"Thanks. Hey, you mind giving me some info on the guy though?"
Scythe-"Sure, you deserve it for what you did to Rhino. Well, let me explain about his past. As you see the guy is a mutant meaning he lived out on the streets. Mutants never had much respect from humans though the mutants are extremely powerful in many ways. Cloud was an orphan like so many others but he was an exception to the others. He had a talent for keen sense which he put to good use in piloting."
Chris-"That's not all he can do. I saw him carrying a big long sword with him."
Scythe-"Well he also has great fighting skills and is a master swordsman. The guy is the second best of the top three and has never lost a match but only to his Excellency himself."
Chris-"The chief commander of KANZ himself."
Scythe-"No one has ever actually seen his face but only his shadow. Few have survived a battle with him."
Chris-"Is that so."
A few minutes later, Cloud came down to see Chris and called him.
Cloud-"Hey rookie."
Chris-".You."
Cloud-"Don't be alarmed I won't bite."
Chris-"Our match is coming up.so what do you want?"
Cloud-"I don't want anything, all I want is for you to give it your best in our match and I want to wish you good luck."
Chris-"Thanks and good luck to you too."
Cloud-"Oh I won't be the one who'll need it."
The match had begun and both suits had entered the arena.
Announcer-"Now folks is the moment we've been waiting for. This match is mostly in favor for last years champ Cloud. How will the rookie Chris stand a chance against this opponent? Well, enough of this talk.now on the south side of the arena is Chris and his Heavyarms. But on the other side of the arena is the champion himself with his suit Wing Gundam. As you all know Cloud is the proud owner of this legendary suit or more likely to say as gundam."
Michelle-"No wonder this guy is good. He's a gundam pilot as well."
While from the stands the gundam pilots watched.
Chan--"So that's the Wing Gundam."
Leo-"Doc said that the Wing Gundam was a predesign of the other gundams back then."
Blake-"How the hell did that guy get his hands on it then?"
Chan-"Got me."
Leo-"Let's just watch and see what this guy is made of. Doc also said that compare to our gundams that gundams doesn't stand a chance."
Michelle-"Maybe, but its not the gundam I am worried about."
The match was about to begin. In a few seconds the match had begun and both pilots stood their ground.
Chris-"Let's just see how good this guy really is."
Cloud-"Alright rookie, let's just see what you're really made of."
Wing dashed toward Heavyarms and moved quickly to the right. Heavyarms had then launched two heat-seeking missiles at Wing. Wing maneuvered to evade the missiles but had then stopped and used its shield to block the blast.
Chris-"Direct hit."
Announcer-"Incredible folks, the rookie made the first attack on Cloud with a 100% hit."
But when the smoke cleared, Wing had no damage what so ever on him. He then stood up and drew out his beam cannon. He aimed it at Heavyarms and fired. Heavyarms tried to evade from the attack but could not completely dodge the entire blast. The blast caused Heavyarms left arm to cease function.
Chan-"How can a basic suit like that cause so much damage?"
Leo-"I'm impressed with this guys fast reactions. It's like he can predict the moves Chris will make."
Michelle-"The guy is just lucky, my Deathscythe and I could take him down with no problem what so ever."
Leo-"Michelle could be right, but I still doubt Cloud's piloting skills. Though if this guy was able to make it as one of the top three pilots."
Out in the battlefield, Chris struggled to recover from the attack.
Chris-"I don't get it, I researched about this gundam before in school even though I got a C-, but it couldn't stand a chance against an A class suit. The piece of trash is only a C class suit."
Cloud-".It's not the suit kid. The power of the suit depends on the skills of the pilot."
Wing had then transformed into bird mode and flew into the sky. Heavyarms took aim and prepared to fire.
Chris-"What an idiot this guy is, this makes it easy for target practice."
Heavyarms began fire on Wing. The crowd was amazed at the battle as Heavyarms fired away at Wing. Thought to the crowds amazement, Wing Transformed again and began doing a rapid fire on Heavyarms with the buster rifle while holding the shield in front of him.
Chris-"What the? .Shit, I'm out of ammo."
Cloud-"Fool, wasting your ammo on a flying target is a stupid move compare to my ranks."
Chris-"This was all a trap."
From the stands, the other pilots watched, as Chris was about to be defeated.
Leo-"I get it now, He took off Heavyarm's left arm to cut his firepower in half. Then he went airborne letting Chris use the rest of his ammo on him."
Michelle-"Wing Gundam was designed to take on heavy fire when in bird mode. When Chris's ammo ran out, he transformed and attack Chris to the point where he couldn't fight back."
Leo-"Also, with the other arm unable to function, he won't be able to use his Supreme Tornado technique."
Down in the arena, Wing drew out his beam saber and began slashing the overweight gundam. Heavyarms tried to fight back with his right arm army knife but was of no use to the speed of Wing.
Cloud-"Try as you might but you'll never defeat me in your state."
Chris-"Damn you!"
Wing had then prepared for a final blow to the gundam. He flew to the side of the arena, drew out his beam saber, and began charging the energy within his wings.
Cloud-"It's about time we end this little match of ours."
Chris-"Huh?"
Wing then charged toward Heavyarms with the beam saber in his right hand. Chris couldn't move out of the way in time for Wing was coming at a tremendous speed.
Chris-"What the?"
Cloud-"This match is mine!"
Chris-"He's coming too fast. I have to think.."
It was too late; Wing came up to Heavyarms and made a quick thrust with the beam saber on the torso. The slash was critical and deadly for it nearly hit Chris inside the cockpit.
Announcer-"Heavyarms has ceased function and is unable to continue. Cloud takes the victory."
Chan-"Did you see that?"
Blake-"This guy is good."
Michelle-"I'm not surprised. Chris couldn't even hit water if he fell out of a boat."
Leo-"You gotta give him some credit Michelle, he did make it to the finals."
Chris opened up the cockpit and watched as Cloud held his trophy in the air.
Ch.15
After the tournament, the pilots made a celebration for Chris's making of the finals in the tournament. They had gone to pub downtown for the celebration.
Blake-"Cheer up man, you made it into the finals and you got second place along with the prize money."
Chris-"But I made it only 2nd."
Michelle--"Don't expect every battle to be easy."
Leo-"You're only making things worse."
Michelle-"Well excuse me, I knew he wouldn't have made it far."
Leo-"Michelle!"
Chris-"She's right, I didn't make it far enough."
Blake-"Quit acting like that, you did your best and you got your reward and that's what counts. Now come on, drinks are on me."
Chris-".Well alright, what do I have to be so down about. Look how much I have from the reward. Where would I be without my most favorite thing in the whole entire universe money."
Leo-"Well he's back to normal. Alright Chris, now what are you going to do with all that money in your pocket."
Big man-"I have good idea what he should use it for!"
Out from behind Chris was grabbed by a huge man; he was 7ft high and 4ft wide. He wore a white tanktop with blue jeans.
Chris-"Rhino!"
Rhino-"You little twerp, you made me a laughing stock out there."
Chris-"Well the audience was looking a little dull, I just wanted to enlighten them."
Rhino-"Well allow me to enlighten your little party starting with shoving my fist in your face."
Rhino pulled back his fist while holding Chris up. Quickly Chris kicked him in the balls. Rhino dropped Chris on the floor as he bent down onto the floor.
Rhino-"Oh, did I introduce you to my iron foot? It comes in handy time to time, mostly if I'm in a situation like this."
Chris-"Ugh.nice little toy.but let me show you a little toy that I always carry around."
Rhino pulled of his shirt revealing two tubes connecting to his neck coming from a small tank on his chest.
Chris-"Steroid pumps!"
Rhino-"Let's turn things up a notch."
Rhino activated the pumping; the venom went through the tubes to his spinal. He buffed himself up and had his sights on Chris.
Rhino-"You're going to wish you were in hell because that's where you're going to go when I'm through with you."
Leo-"Leave him alone!"
Leo attempted to tackle the giant but couldn't even move him. The giant then grabbed him and threw Leo across the bar all the way the back. Chris then pulled back his robotic right arm and punched Rhino in the gut. Rhino didn't feel a single thing so Chris tried punching him in the balls again but this time it didn't work.
Rhino-"That tickles."
Chris-"Ah shit!"
The giant grabbed Chris by the neck and lifted him up. Chris tried to kick him as hard as he could though it was no use. Chan then came out of nowhere and tackled the bulked brute.
Chan-"You okay man?"
Chris-"Yeah."
Chan-"Come on, let's take this guy down."
Both Chris and Chan began an assault on the towering brute. Rhino then threw Chris back with a single punch. Chan then took him head on in a head to head fight.
Rhino-"You're strong for a little guy."
Chan-"I tend to work out in the weight room most of my time."
Rhino-"Ha! I'll squash you like a bug."
Chan could not hold on any longer until Michelle dropped kick the giant in the face. The kick pushed him by a foot but Rhino quickly recovered. He then grabbed Michelle by the leg and slammed her down against a table. Chan then got a headlock on the gigantic brute but Rhino quickly threw him across the room.
Rhino-"Now where were we, oh yeah, time for your surgery Chris. Don't worry, this little plastic surgery is on me."
In an instant, a sword flew across the room and stopped right in front of Rhino as it hit the wall.
Cloud-"You shouldn't pick on people weaker than you."
Rhino-"Huh.beat it mutant."
Chris-"Ugh.Cloud?"
Cloud-"Rhino, you shouldn't let your anger out like that."
Rhino-"Says who, I'll do whatever I want. If you're going to get in my way then I might as well give you a facelift."
Cloud-"That won't be necessary.when I'm through."
Rhino-"What do you think you can do to me?"
Cloud stood there while Rhino walked towards him. As the gigantic brute stood before him Cloud quickly slid under him and grabbed his sword from the wall. Rhino turned around but in a quick instance Cloud slashed his sword through Rhino. After a few seconds the giant fell down on the floor unconscious.
Cloud-"Fool was out of his league."
The feline mutant walked out of the bar without saying a word. The gundam pilots watched as the silent warrior walked away.
Blake-"You see that?"
Chan-"He took him out in one shot."
Chris-"That's twice he humiliates me today. First he beats my ass then he saves my ass."
Michelle-"Well look at it this way, you didn't end up in the hospital this time."
Leo-"Come you guys, we had about as much fun as possible."
The five pilots went back to the ship for rest. Though their plans were canceled.
Chris-"What do you mean we can't go to sleep yet?"
Old man-"You got an message in the mail though the messenger will not reveal himself. All he left was this video."
Leo-"Well let's see it."
They put the tape in and watched. The screen began to show someone in the shadows.
Mysterious voice-"Gundam pilots, I am impressed that you have come to Earth. From what I have heard from the rumors you all must be very talented. But my reason for calling you is not to compliment you but to challenge. I want to test your abilities in one on five MS battle. I will meet you in the north eastern mountain region. I bid you farewell."
Chris-".So this guy wants to challenge us in a handicap battle."
Michelle-"Well either he's really stupid or he's really confident that he'll win."
Chris-"He left the information of where, when, and what the prize money is."
Chan-"Wait, we don't even know what we're up against."
Leo-"This is a handicap battle but the battle mode worries me."
Chris-"What is it?"
Leo-"Battle mode 0666."
Michelle-"A death match!"
Chris-"You're kidding me."
Blake-"No way I'm setting foot on that battle field.
Chan-"Me and Nataku aren't going to participate in dishonorable battle."
Michelle-"Actually.I don't really mind."
Leo-"Michelle!"
Michelle-"Look, I'm used to killing people, why should this be any different?"
Leo-"Because I don't anyone getting hurt. There is no way you will go into that match."
Michelle-"Come on Leo, you're not serious."
Leo-"I mean it, I'm the team captain and have to look out for my team."
Michelle-"You can do whatever you want but I do as I please and no one and I mean no one will stop me. I am the Endbringer and this guy is just another fool waiting to meet his fate."
Leo-"I.I didn't want to resort to this but."
Leo the got in front of Michelle and pointed a gun straight at her face.
Leo-"I know what's best for my team and I demand that you will not participate in that battle no matter what the cost."
Michelle-".Fine."
Michelle looked at Leo with tears coming down her face. While at the same time she was angry at him.
Michelle-"I know how you feel but I am sorry.this I have to do alone. The sponsor of the pilot is KANZ so I want to do this alone. Maybe he can give me the answers I've been looking for."
Leo-"Look, I know you have a grudge against KANZ. I know how you feel but you can't just barge in and ask questions."
Michelle-"Why are you treating me like a kid, I can take care of myself and I don't need any help. Humph! I don't know why I bothered joining up with you. I don't need anyone!"
Leo-"Michelle!"
She ran out to the garage and got into Deathscythe's cockpit and took off. Into the distance she flew off over the horizon without saying goodbye.
Leo-"MICHELLE!"
She looked back though with anger in her eyes.
Michelle-"Sorry Leo but this I have to do alone. I can't take the chance of missing this opportunity. I'm going to find out what my family had to do with KANZ."
Though from a distance, Michelle was being watched. A stranger was watching her from above.
His Excellency- "Soon my dear all will come clear. But by then I will rule all humanity."
Cloud-"I can say this much, for a cute little babe she can sure through a hard kick from what I saw."
His Excellency-"She is of royal blood. But when you meet her in the battlefield I want you to make sure not to kill her. I have plans for her."
Cloud-".I understand."
His Excellency-"Soon enough my dear, your destiny will become clear."
It has been six weeks since the incident at Mercury; the five pilots have already made plans for their next destination. Earth was the next target. Blake, the pilot of Sandrock, explained that the Earth was filled with mobile suits and there were always MS battles throughout the planet.
Chris-"Man, I can't wait to get to Earth."
Leo-"Don't get too excited Chris, like I said the place is crawling with mobile suits. Most of them are sponsored by KANZ."
Old man--"Well Earth is our next location and target. It won't be long till we arrive."
Leo-"The doc's right, we better get some shut eye."
Blake-"With ya there man."
Chan-"I'll go and do my usual workout."
Michelle-"I gotta go work on Deathscythe and prepare it to fight in Earth's gravity."
Hours later, the ship had arrived at Earth's orbit. The five pilots became eager to enter the Earth where they would face the best pilots in the entire system.
They had finally entered the atmosphere and landed. The spaceport they landed at was at Tokyo, Japan.
Chris-"Look at this place, it's crowded."
Old man-"Tokyo is a very populated place, you can get easily separated from someone in these crowds."
Chris-"Well you guys can go unload the suits, Chan, Blake, and myself are going to do a little site seeing."
Leo-"Do what you want Chris but stay out of trouble."
Chris-"Do I look like the type of person likes to get into trouble?"
Leo-"In most cases I don't know what to think."
Chan-"Don't worry, we'll be okay."
The three headed out into the city looking around. They made their first stop at a music store. Next they made a stop for a bite to eat at a restaurant.
Blake-"This place is huge."
Chan-"No kidding."
Chris-"Well I need to find an electronic hardware store."
Blake-"What do you need to go there for Chris? We don't need any tools."
Chris-"It's just for myself."
Chris then pulled up his right sleeve revealing a surprise.
Blake-"What the?"
Chan-"You're a cyborg."
Chris-"You guys seem surprised."
Blake-"How did you lose your arm then."
Chris-"In a car accident when I was 14, I was hit by a speeding car. The accident caused me right arm, my left knee down, and the right side of my skull."
Chan-"How'd you afford to pay for this?"
Chris-"The speeder paid for the damages since he was going 20 miles over the speed limit."
Blake-"So that's how you beat Chan in arm wrestling."
Chan-"Yeah, you cheated, so give me back the $100 bucks you took."
Chris-"That was three weeks ago. My cyber parts allow me to heal faster than any normal human. Leo knew about this, that was why he put me as secondary team captain and battle strategist."
Blake-"Enough talk guys, let's just go to the hardware store."
The three made their way to the store within one hour. Chris looked throughout the store and found the cyber limbs accessories.
Chris-"Now this was the leg I was looking for."
Blake-"What is it?"
Chris-"The Wolf Sniper-3B0. This baby carries two laser pistols that have miniature generators in them that can recharge the ammo."
Chan-"Sounds useful."
Chris-"Hell yeah, the leg I have is a basic leg that can't do shit but allow me to walk and run with extra boost in speed."
Blake-"Well are you going to buy it or not?"
Chris-"I have more than enough money to get this."
Chris bought his leg and attached it right away; he sold his other leg and made his way back to the ship along with the others.
Leo-"So how was your day Chris?"
Chris-"Went by fine. I got a new leg."
Leo-"You finally got the leg you wanted, the Wolf Sniper-3B0?"
Chris-"Yeah, now I can really kick ass and I don't have to worry about any little girls beating the shit out of me. Instead they'll be the one in the hospital."
Leo-"Come on, it's getting late. I need some help here with these orders."
Chris-"What is it this time?"
Leo-"Well I've got some ammo for Heavyarms, some new more powerful boosters for each suit, more powerful thermal weapons, and some other stuff."
Chris-"Sounds like a lot. Though with the right stuff, the gundams will be the most powerful mobile suits on the planet."
Leo-"I wouldn't say so Chris. The pilots here on Earth are heard to be very powerful along with their suits."
Chan-"I hear there's a MS battle tournament coming up, the prize money is $1,000."
Blake-"That would be enough to buy new parts for each Gundam."
Leo-"The tournament is this Saturday, but."
Chris-"But what?"
Leo-"The mobile suit has to be a heavyweight. No lightweights."
Chan-"So who can enter then?"
Leo-"From the weight measure, Heavyarms is the only one."
Chris-"Meaning I have to go in this alone!"
Blake-"We need the money."
Chris-".Hell, why not. This team wouldn't be anywhere without me."
Chan-"So you're accepting the challenge into the tournament?"
Chris-"You just worry about our budget, just let me worry about the tournament."
For the rest of the week, Chris worked on Heavyarms without coming out of the garage except for food and water. He continued to modify the suit for battle. Day and night he would not stop.
The tournament had finally come and every contestant brought heavyweight mobile suits. Chris had finally prepared Heavyarms for the competition.
Chris-"This place is huge."
Blake-"And look at the size of the arena."
Chris-"The bigger the better, gives me enough room to maneuver."
Leo-"Don't get too confident, the competition here is supposed to be tough."
Chris-"Is there any mobile suit that can stand up to a gundam and not to mention my skills?"
Michelle-"Oh brother, just try not to lose."
Chris-"Who says I'll lose."
The tournament began an hour later. The battles had begun and were fierce. Heavyarms had already made it up to the semifinals.
Leo-"Chris is doing a good job so far."
Michelle-"It won't be that easy, once he reaches the finals he'll have more than enough trouble."
Blake-"Hey, I haven't known much about him but I know he'll win."
Chan-"Yeah, besides he has a gundam."
In the contestant garage, Chris had been preparing for his next match in the semifinals.
Chris-"Just a few adjustments here and."
Pilot-"Hey!"
Chris-"Huh?"
Pilot-"Welcome aboard rookie."
Chris-"What do you want."
Pilot-"Hey, I'm just saying hello to the new guy here and I'm trying to be polite."
Chris-".Names Chris."
Scythe-"I'm Scythe and might I say that you're doing one heck of a job out there."
Chris-"I've had practice."
Scythe-"I can see that."
Chris-".Looks like the battle is over out there."
Scythe-"I'm not surprised. Cloud was in that battle."
Chris-"Cloud?"
Just then, the suit that was defeated was towed in. It was in shambles, the entire suit had been ripped apart. One arm was missing, half of the left leg was gone, and the torso was completely ripped to shreds.
Chris-"Damn. Did that Cloud guy do that?"
Scythe-"Guys merciless, he's one of the best pilots around. One of the top three pilots in the MS battle arenas."
Chris-"Yeah, I can see why."
Scythe-"Well good luck man you'll need it."
Chris had gone to his next battle, which would lead him into the finals. Heavyarms stepped out into the arena and stood there, waiting for his next opponent.
Announcer-"Alright ladies and gentlemen, this battle is about to go underway. In this battle it will be the new rookie Chris and his suit Heavyarms. I got to hand it to the rookie but how long will he last to the second place champion of last years tournament.Rhino and his suit Titan."
From the other side of the arena a bulky, brown mobile suit with grenade cannon arms and missile launchers attached all over.
Blake-"Check that guy's mobile suit out, its fully loaded."
Chan-"The suit is probably slow with all that weight on it. Heavyarms is fast enough to escape its firepower."
Michelle-"Don't know, he did place second in this exact tournament last year."
Chris looked at his opponent but didn't have a single worry as he sat in the cockpit.
Chris-"Who does this think he is, is he trying to intimidate me with all that weaponry on him? I might as well show him that having a giant mobile suit isn't everything."
Rhino-"Look at this, you think you can get past me rookie. Don't make me laugh."
Chris-"Size isn't everything."
Rhino-"It will matter when I'm through with your sorry ass."
Announcer-"Let the battle begin!"
The bell went off and both suits went into battle. Heavyarms went and dodged the missiles that Titan was launching. Titan had then launched a large missile making a direct hit to Heavyarms. Though when the smoke cleared, Heavyarms was intact but had a few blemishes.
Rhino-"This kid looks tougher than I thought. His suit is fast but has a high defense from what the stats show but how can that be possible?"
Chris-"Giving up yet?"
Rhino-"Ha! Rookie, its about time you learned your lesson with messing with the big boys."
Chris-"We'll see about that."
Titan had then released a full ammo assault on the gundam. Heavyarms just stood there not moving an inch letting each missile making a direct hit. Titan finally stopped for he ran out of ammunition.
Rhino-"Humph! Kid had it coming."
Announcer-"Well folks there you have it. It is clear that no suit could with stand an attack like that.wait a minute. It seems that the battle screen shows that Heavyarms is still in the battle but it may be a glitch folks."
Michelle-"That's no glitch."
As the smoke cleared, Heavyarms stood in the arena without a single dent on him. Rhino though sat there with his mouth wide open gawking.
Chris-"Surprise."
Rhino-"How the hell."
Before Rhino could finish his sentence Heavyarms charged right toward him. He drew out both of his army knives and slashed Titan continuously. He then flew backward and fired all of his ammo decreasing Titan's defense power. Chris then ran out of ammo but caused more than enough damage to Titan.
Chris-"Time to put this to an end.SUPREME TORNADO!"
Heavyarms drew both of its army knives again and began spinning like a tornado. He then made his way toward Titan. He then lifted Titan up with his knives and slashed him down until he was ripped to the exoskeleton of the suit. The suit was completely torn apart and was unable to fight anymore.
Announcer-"Uh.oh, yeah, um Titan is unable to battle so Heavyarms wins the match."
The crowd cheered in the victory. Everyone shouted Chris's name in his victory and for the show he put on.
Leo-"Good going Chris."
Blake-"That was one hell of a battle."
But from the sidelines Chris took a quick glance at someone. A young man with a leather coat and short shiny hair, the man was a mutant with a white cattail with ears on the top of his head. He looked straight at Chris with his jet black eyes.
Chris-"That's Cloud. I saw him in the battle. I'll have to be careful in my match with him next."
Ch.14
Chris had finally made it to the finals in the tournament. His next opponent was Cloud, knowing that his next match may be his most difficult match yet. Though while in the garage.
Scythe-"Not bad rookie, I'm really impressed. You might actually beat Cloud."
Chris-"Thanks. Hey, you mind giving me some info on the guy though?"
Scythe-"Sure, you deserve it for what you did to Rhino. Well, let me explain about his past. As you see the guy is a mutant meaning he lived out on the streets. Mutants never had much respect from humans though the mutants are extremely powerful in many ways. Cloud was an orphan like so many others but he was an exception to the others. He had a talent for keen sense which he put to good use in piloting."
Chris-"That's not all he can do. I saw him carrying a big long sword with him."
Scythe-"Well he also has great fighting skills and is a master swordsman. The guy is the second best of the top three and has never lost a match but only to his Excellency himself."
Chris-"The chief commander of KANZ himself."
Scythe-"No one has ever actually seen his face but only his shadow. Few have survived a battle with him."
Chris-"Is that so."
A few minutes later, Cloud came down to see Chris and called him.
Cloud-"Hey rookie."
Chris-".You."
Cloud-"Don't be alarmed I won't bite."
Chris-"Our match is coming up.so what do you want?"
Cloud-"I don't want anything, all I want is for you to give it your best in our match and I want to wish you good luck."
Chris-"Thanks and good luck to you too."
Cloud-"Oh I won't be the one who'll need it."
The match had begun and both suits had entered the arena.
Announcer-"Now folks is the moment we've been waiting for. This match is mostly in favor for last years champ Cloud. How will the rookie Chris stand a chance against this opponent? Well, enough of this talk.now on the south side of the arena is Chris and his Heavyarms. But on the other side of the arena is the champion himself with his suit Wing Gundam. As you all know Cloud is the proud owner of this legendary suit or more likely to say as gundam."
Michelle-"No wonder this guy is good. He's a gundam pilot as well."
While from the stands the gundam pilots watched.
Chan--"So that's the Wing Gundam."
Leo-"Doc said that the Wing Gundam was a predesign of the other gundams back then."
Blake-"How the hell did that guy get his hands on it then?"
Chan-"Got me."
Leo-"Let's just watch and see what this guy is made of. Doc also said that compare to our gundams that gundams doesn't stand a chance."
Michelle-"Maybe, but its not the gundam I am worried about."
The match was about to begin. In a few seconds the match had begun and both pilots stood their ground.
Chris-"Let's just see how good this guy really is."
Cloud-"Alright rookie, let's just see what you're really made of."
Wing dashed toward Heavyarms and moved quickly to the right. Heavyarms had then launched two heat-seeking missiles at Wing. Wing maneuvered to evade the missiles but had then stopped and used its shield to block the blast.
Chris-"Direct hit."
Announcer-"Incredible folks, the rookie made the first attack on Cloud with a 100% hit."
But when the smoke cleared, Wing had no damage what so ever on him. He then stood up and drew out his beam cannon. He aimed it at Heavyarms and fired. Heavyarms tried to evade from the attack but could not completely dodge the entire blast. The blast caused Heavyarms left arm to cease function.
Chan-"How can a basic suit like that cause so much damage?"
Leo-"I'm impressed with this guys fast reactions. It's like he can predict the moves Chris will make."
Michelle-"The guy is just lucky, my Deathscythe and I could take him down with no problem what so ever."
Leo-"Michelle could be right, but I still doubt Cloud's piloting skills. Though if this guy was able to make it as one of the top three pilots."
Out in the battlefield, Chris struggled to recover from the attack.
Chris-"I don't get it, I researched about this gundam before in school even though I got a C-, but it couldn't stand a chance against an A class suit. The piece of trash is only a C class suit."
Cloud-".It's not the suit kid. The power of the suit depends on the skills of the pilot."
Wing had then transformed into bird mode and flew into the sky. Heavyarms took aim and prepared to fire.
Chris-"What an idiot this guy is, this makes it easy for target practice."
Heavyarms began fire on Wing. The crowd was amazed at the battle as Heavyarms fired away at Wing. Thought to the crowds amazement, Wing Transformed again and began doing a rapid fire on Heavyarms with the buster rifle while holding the shield in front of him.
Chris-"What the? .Shit, I'm out of ammo."
Cloud-"Fool, wasting your ammo on a flying target is a stupid move compare to my ranks."
Chris-"This was all a trap."
From the stands, the other pilots watched, as Chris was about to be defeated.
Leo-"I get it now, He took off Heavyarm's left arm to cut his firepower in half. Then he went airborne letting Chris use the rest of his ammo on him."
Michelle-"Wing Gundam was designed to take on heavy fire when in bird mode. When Chris's ammo ran out, he transformed and attack Chris to the point where he couldn't fight back."
Leo-"Also, with the other arm unable to function, he won't be able to use his Supreme Tornado technique."
Down in the arena, Wing drew out his beam saber and began slashing the overweight gundam. Heavyarms tried to fight back with his right arm army knife but was of no use to the speed of Wing.
Cloud-"Try as you might but you'll never defeat me in your state."
Chris-"Damn you!"
Wing had then prepared for a final blow to the gundam. He flew to the side of the arena, drew out his beam saber, and began charging the energy within his wings.
Cloud-"It's about time we end this little match of ours."
Chris-"Huh?"
Wing then charged toward Heavyarms with the beam saber in his right hand. Chris couldn't move out of the way in time for Wing was coming at a tremendous speed.
Chris-"What the?"
Cloud-"This match is mine!"
Chris-"He's coming too fast. I have to think.."
It was too late; Wing came up to Heavyarms and made a quick thrust with the beam saber on the torso. The slash was critical and deadly for it nearly hit Chris inside the cockpit.
Announcer-"Heavyarms has ceased function and is unable to continue. Cloud takes the victory."
Chan-"Did you see that?"
Blake-"This guy is good."
Michelle-"I'm not surprised. Chris couldn't even hit water if he fell out of a boat."
Leo-"You gotta give him some credit Michelle, he did make it to the finals."
Chris opened up the cockpit and watched as Cloud held his trophy in the air.
Ch.15
After the tournament, the pilots made a celebration for Chris's making of the finals in the tournament. They had gone to pub downtown for the celebration.
Blake-"Cheer up man, you made it into the finals and you got second place along with the prize money."
Chris-"But I made it only 2nd."
Michelle--"Don't expect every battle to be easy."
Leo-"You're only making things worse."
Michelle-"Well excuse me, I knew he wouldn't have made it far."
Leo-"Michelle!"
Chris-"She's right, I didn't make it far enough."
Blake-"Quit acting like that, you did your best and you got your reward and that's what counts. Now come on, drinks are on me."
Chris-".Well alright, what do I have to be so down about. Look how much I have from the reward. Where would I be without my most favorite thing in the whole entire universe money."
Leo-"Well he's back to normal. Alright Chris, now what are you going to do with all that money in your pocket."
Big man-"I have good idea what he should use it for!"
Out from behind Chris was grabbed by a huge man; he was 7ft high and 4ft wide. He wore a white tanktop with blue jeans.
Chris-"Rhino!"
Rhino-"You little twerp, you made me a laughing stock out there."
Chris-"Well the audience was looking a little dull, I just wanted to enlighten them."
Rhino-"Well allow me to enlighten your little party starting with shoving my fist in your face."
Rhino pulled back his fist while holding Chris up. Quickly Chris kicked him in the balls. Rhino dropped Chris on the floor as he bent down onto the floor.
Rhino-"Oh, did I introduce you to my iron foot? It comes in handy time to time, mostly if I'm in a situation like this."
Chris-"Ugh.nice little toy.but let me show you a little toy that I always carry around."
Rhino pulled of his shirt revealing two tubes connecting to his neck coming from a small tank on his chest.
Chris-"Steroid pumps!"
Rhino-"Let's turn things up a notch."
Rhino activated the pumping; the venom went through the tubes to his spinal. He buffed himself up and had his sights on Chris.
Rhino-"You're going to wish you were in hell because that's where you're going to go when I'm through with you."
Leo-"Leave him alone!"
Leo attempted to tackle the giant but couldn't even move him. The giant then grabbed him and threw Leo across the bar all the way the back. Chris then pulled back his robotic right arm and punched Rhino in the gut. Rhino didn't feel a single thing so Chris tried punching him in the balls again but this time it didn't work.
Rhino-"That tickles."
Chris-"Ah shit!"
The giant grabbed Chris by the neck and lifted him up. Chris tried to kick him as hard as he could though it was no use. Chan then came out of nowhere and tackled the bulked brute.
Chan-"You okay man?"
Chris-"Yeah."
Chan-"Come on, let's take this guy down."
Both Chris and Chan began an assault on the towering brute. Rhino then threw Chris back with a single punch. Chan then took him head on in a head to head fight.
Rhino-"You're strong for a little guy."
Chan-"I tend to work out in the weight room most of my time."
Rhino-"Ha! I'll squash you like a bug."
Chan could not hold on any longer until Michelle dropped kick the giant in the face. The kick pushed him by a foot but Rhino quickly recovered. He then grabbed Michelle by the leg and slammed her down against a table. Chan then got a headlock on the gigantic brute but Rhino quickly threw him across the room.
Rhino-"Now where were we, oh yeah, time for your surgery Chris. Don't worry, this little plastic surgery is on me."
In an instant, a sword flew across the room and stopped right in front of Rhino as it hit the wall.
Cloud-"You shouldn't pick on people weaker than you."
Rhino-"Huh.beat it mutant."
Chris-"Ugh.Cloud?"
Cloud-"Rhino, you shouldn't let your anger out like that."
Rhino-"Says who, I'll do whatever I want. If you're going to get in my way then I might as well give you a facelift."
Cloud-"That won't be necessary.when I'm through."
Rhino-"What do you think you can do to me?"
Cloud stood there while Rhino walked towards him. As the gigantic brute stood before him Cloud quickly slid under him and grabbed his sword from the wall. Rhino turned around but in a quick instance Cloud slashed his sword through Rhino. After a few seconds the giant fell down on the floor unconscious.
Cloud-"Fool was out of his league."
The feline mutant walked out of the bar without saying a word. The gundam pilots watched as the silent warrior walked away.
Blake-"You see that?"
Chan-"He took him out in one shot."
Chris-"That's twice he humiliates me today. First he beats my ass then he saves my ass."
Michelle-"Well look at it this way, you didn't end up in the hospital this time."
Leo-"Come you guys, we had about as much fun as possible."
The five pilots went back to the ship for rest. Though their plans were canceled.
Chris-"What do you mean we can't go to sleep yet?"
Old man-"You got an message in the mail though the messenger will not reveal himself. All he left was this video."
Leo-"Well let's see it."
They put the tape in and watched. The screen began to show someone in the shadows.
Mysterious voice-"Gundam pilots, I am impressed that you have come to Earth. From what I have heard from the rumors you all must be very talented. But my reason for calling you is not to compliment you but to challenge. I want to test your abilities in one on five MS battle. I will meet you in the north eastern mountain region. I bid you farewell."
Chris-".So this guy wants to challenge us in a handicap battle."
Michelle-"Well either he's really stupid or he's really confident that he'll win."
Chris-"He left the information of where, when, and what the prize money is."
Chan-"Wait, we don't even know what we're up against."
Leo-"This is a handicap battle but the battle mode worries me."
Chris-"What is it?"
Leo-"Battle mode 0666."
Michelle-"A death match!"
Chris-"You're kidding me."
Blake-"No way I'm setting foot on that battle field.
Chan-"Me and Nataku aren't going to participate in dishonorable battle."
Michelle-"Actually.I don't really mind."
Leo-"Michelle!"
Michelle-"Look, I'm used to killing people, why should this be any different?"
Leo-"Because I don't anyone getting hurt. There is no way you will go into that match."
Michelle-"Come on Leo, you're not serious."
Leo-"I mean it, I'm the team captain and have to look out for my team."
Michelle-"You can do whatever you want but I do as I please and no one and I mean no one will stop me. I am the Endbringer and this guy is just another fool waiting to meet his fate."
Leo-"I.I didn't want to resort to this but."
Leo the got in front of Michelle and pointed a gun straight at her face.
Leo-"I know what's best for my team and I demand that you will not participate in that battle no matter what the cost."
Michelle-".Fine."
Michelle looked at Leo with tears coming down her face. While at the same time she was angry at him.
Michelle-"I know how you feel but I am sorry.this I have to do alone. The sponsor of the pilot is KANZ so I want to do this alone. Maybe he can give me the answers I've been looking for."
Leo-"Look, I know you have a grudge against KANZ. I know how you feel but you can't just barge in and ask questions."
Michelle-"Why are you treating me like a kid, I can take care of myself and I don't need any help. Humph! I don't know why I bothered joining up with you. I don't need anyone!"
Leo-"Michelle!"
She ran out to the garage and got into Deathscythe's cockpit and took off. Into the distance she flew off over the horizon without saying goodbye.
Leo-"MICHELLE!"
She looked back though with anger in her eyes.
Michelle-"Sorry Leo but this I have to do alone. I can't take the chance of missing this opportunity. I'm going to find out what my family had to do with KANZ."
Though from a distance, Michelle was being watched. A stranger was watching her from above.
His Excellency- "Soon my dear all will come clear. But by then I will rule all humanity."
Cloud-"I can say this much, for a cute little babe she can sure through a hard kick from what I saw."
His Excellency-"She is of royal blood. But when you meet her in the battlefield I want you to make sure not to kill her. I have plans for her."
Cloud-".I understand."
His Excellency-"Soon enough my dear, your destiny will become clear."