Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Gathering Shadows
Crest: The Queen of Hearts
"Are you sure this is a good idea? Making this girl a fighter won't change anything."
"She has guts. And besides, it'll be fun to pit her against her mother."
"You're as sick as Wong was."
"Hah! I like that. Wong had power. I will have more soon enough."
"But, sir--"
"No buts! Just get to work!"
"Mom! Guess who's on the line! It's Domon Kasshu!" Rhia shouted. Her mother was the fighter for Neo-Sweden, the famous Allenby Beardsley. Now, of course, she was married. Her name had changed to Allenby Avalon; her husband was Moro Avalon.
"Domon? I haven't talked to him since the last Gundam fight!" Allenby shouted, running to the phone. Rhia handed the phone to her. "Hi, Domon!"
"Uh, hi, Allenby." Domon said.
"What, didn't expect me?" Allenby teased.
"Well, no. Rain never told me that her choice was your daughter." Domon replied.
"Really? What did Rain choose my Rhia for?" Allenby asked.
"Well, Rain was asked to find a new fighter for Neo-Germany. She chose Rhia out of a list from Neo-Germany. Your daughter was the best." Domon answered.
"The old one didn't last, huh? Oh, well. And so near the Gundam fights." Allenby said. Then her eyes widened. "My daughter was chosen as WHAT?"
"A fighter for Neo-Germany. Her Gundam's being designed by Rain at the moment. It's called Luna Gundam." Domon explained.
"Why did they call you?" Allenby asked. On the other end Domon shrugged, realized she couldn't see him, and shrugged again.
"I honestly have no clue." Domon said.
"Well, I'll tell Rhia." Allenby said. Then they started to talk about "the old times." Rhia wandered away, bored. She walked outside, to the practice arena. She didn't know what Domon Kasshu, the legendary King of Hearts, and her mother were talking about, but she wasn't interested. She wandered around her large garden, courtesy of Neo-Sweden, and got to a place she was forbidden to go to. She opened the door to the grotto, and stepped inside. The grotto was made of stone with a wood-plank roof. It was furnished with carved wooden furniture. Sandalwood logs were in the fireplace, and the chairs were inlaid with silver, but the only thing the interested her was the door. The Forbidden Wing was beyond the door. Her mother hadn't said anything about it; it was her father who had told her not to go in there. Rhia usually had no trouble following Moro's instructions, but the Wing had always intrigued her. Her hand tingled, so she absently rubbed it. Rhia moved toward the door, but then she heard her mother.
"Rhia! Rhia! C'mon out! Domon has invited us over to his house in Neo- Japan!" her mother called. A ball of fear welled up in Rhia's stomach as the tingling turned to burning and she fled the grotto. She found her mother soon after.
"Why are we going?" Rhia asked. The burning subsided.
"Rhia, you're going to be a Gundam fighter for Neo-Germany. Domon wants to talk about your Gundam." Allenby said.
"But Domon is the Neo-Japan fighter. Why would they call him?"
"He didn't know. But c'mon! Our plane leaves soon!"
They got to Domon's house in a couple of hours. Allenby knocked on the door.
"Hi Allenby!" Domon said when he opened the door.
"Hello Domon. This is my daughter, Rhia." Allenby said, motioning toward Rhia.
"So this is the fighter for Neo-Germany. Wonder why they picked such a shrimp." Domon said, a smile playing his lips.
Rhia didn't take the bait. "I heard Sai Sici was a shrimp. I also heard he almost whipped your butt in the 13th Gundam Tournament."
"The key word is almost." Domon said. Then he stood to one side. "But come in so we may chatter in peace."
Rhia and her mother walked in. The house was large and expensive like theirs. Rhia walked outside. No grotto. She wondered what her father did in that wing, why it was forbidden.
"So, where's your husband?"
"I could be asking the same about Rain."
"Rain's up in space, in the Neo-Germany colony, making the Luna Gundam."
"I hope it's nice."
"She said it would have some of the qualities of Burning Gundam."
"Then it'll be strong as well."
"She said she's only designing it, not really making it."
"I'll put the minimum output chip in so that when she goes into Hyper mode, she'll save some energy."
"If she goes into Hyper."
"You make it sound like such a remote possibility."
"That's because only five people besides me can go Hyper, and one's dead."
"I know that only the Shuffle Alliance has been able to go Hyper but..."
Rhia started to ignore the conversation; it became such a drone. She slumped against the wall, unable to keep her eyes open. Right before they closed, her hand started to tingle. Then she had the strangest dream.
"Is it ready yet?" one man asked. She didn't recognize him.
"Not yet, sir. We still have to wheedle the information out of him, then adjust it to her daughter. It will take some time." Another person, an assistant maybe, said.
"We don't have time! There are only two months left until the Tournament begins. You better have it and installed into her Gundam by then." the first man said. Then the scene switched.
She was in the cockpit of a Gundam, doing her best to dodge some little guns.
"Rose Bits!" she heard the other man shout. The shield of the other Gundam went up and small rose-shaped guns sped out. They made their way toward her, firing. Then she felt something. It was fast, lightning quick. Then she felt herself go faster, yet she was not herself. She was gone in a red haze, doing her ultimate best. She heard the scream, a male scream, and the red haze disappeared. The other Gundam had a hole where the cockpit should have been. In cold realization, she realized that somehow she had blasted the cockpit.
"George! No, George!" cried a female voice. She ran over to the toppled Gundam, weeping, her blonde hair done up in a pretty ponytail. Then she turned to Rhia. "You! You killed my husband! You killed George de Sand!"
"No." Rhia whispered.
"You killed him! He wanted nothing more than to defeat ten Gundams to get to the Tournament. But now he never can! You killed him!"
"No! NOOOO!"
"Rhia, Rhia! Rhia, wake up!" Allenby shouted, shaking her daughter. She had just let out a blood-curling scream. She had screamed NOOOO! And when Allenby and Domon rushed out to see what was wrong, they found her sobbing in her sleep. She had somehow fallen asleep against the wall of Domon's house. Rhia opened her eyes. The faces of her mother and Domon slowly swam into focus.
"I killed him. I killed him!" Rhia sobbed into her mother's breast.
"There, there, Rhia. Tell me about the dream you had." Allenby crooned.
"First--I was--listening--to two men--talk about--something." Rhia began haltingly.
"What were they talking about?" Domon asked.
"I--I don't know. Something--about wheedling--something out of--someone else--and adjusting it--to her daughter. Then---" Rhia would not go on, no matter how hard Allenby and Domon tried. Then she leaned against the wall, a hand clutched to her forehead. It was hurting nastily. And her hand was tingling again. And Domon and her mother just stared at her.
"Do you see what's on her hand, Domon?" Allenby asked.
"It's--It's a crest!" Domon exclaimed. "The Queen of Hearts?"
"But there isn't a Queen of Hearts in the Shuffle Alliance." Allenby said, puzzled.
"There is now. And whenever the crest is glowing, nothing good is happening." Domon said.
"Rhia, are you okay?" Allenby asked her daughter. The headache stopped hurting and her crest faded.
"Yah." Rhia whispered. The end of the dream relayed itself in her mind. "Who is George de Sand?"
"George? He's the Jack of Diamonds." Domon said.
"I had a dream..." Rhia began. "That I was in a Gundam, battling. Then--I can't explain it. In my mind, I was in a red haze. I was...practicing. Punching, kicking, moving, dodging. Then I did a special move--Lunar Canon, I think it was--and I heard a scream. The haze disappeared, and I learned that I had somehow put a hole through the Gundam I was fighting. I had put a hole--through the cockpit."
"But that would mean..." Domon said. Allenby shushed him.
"The Gundam toppled, and a woman came over. She had a blue dress on; blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. She started screaming and yelling at me- -about how I had killed her husband...George de Sand." Rhia said the last part in a whisper.
"In the red haze...did you feel...different?" Allenby asked.
"Yah. Faster, stronger, better. But it was like I was no longer in a Gundam, but in this field of red haze, like people were going to watch me and decide weather I would live or die. So I pushed myself to the limit. I think it was over 100%." Rhia said.
"The Berserker system." Allenby whispered.
"What?" Domon asked, appalled.
"What she described, it was almost like the Berserker system." Allenby whispered again. Then Rhia got the headache again, fiercer than before. It kept growing and growing, as did the glow of the crest on her hand, and the burning that came along. Then the pain was too much for her to take, and she fainted.
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well, peeps. Hope you liked it. Next chap up soon, I hope.
~*DarkDragon*~
Crest: The Queen of Hearts
"Are you sure this is a good idea? Making this girl a fighter won't change anything."
"She has guts. And besides, it'll be fun to pit her against her mother."
"You're as sick as Wong was."
"Hah! I like that. Wong had power. I will have more soon enough."
"But, sir--"
"No buts! Just get to work!"
"Mom! Guess who's on the line! It's Domon Kasshu!" Rhia shouted. Her mother was the fighter for Neo-Sweden, the famous Allenby Beardsley. Now, of course, she was married. Her name had changed to Allenby Avalon; her husband was Moro Avalon.
"Domon? I haven't talked to him since the last Gundam fight!" Allenby shouted, running to the phone. Rhia handed the phone to her. "Hi, Domon!"
"Uh, hi, Allenby." Domon said.
"What, didn't expect me?" Allenby teased.
"Well, no. Rain never told me that her choice was your daughter." Domon replied.
"Really? What did Rain choose my Rhia for?" Allenby asked.
"Well, Rain was asked to find a new fighter for Neo-Germany. She chose Rhia out of a list from Neo-Germany. Your daughter was the best." Domon answered.
"The old one didn't last, huh? Oh, well. And so near the Gundam fights." Allenby said. Then her eyes widened. "My daughter was chosen as WHAT?"
"A fighter for Neo-Germany. Her Gundam's being designed by Rain at the moment. It's called Luna Gundam." Domon explained.
"Why did they call you?" Allenby asked. On the other end Domon shrugged, realized she couldn't see him, and shrugged again.
"I honestly have no clue." Domon said.
"Well, I'll tell Rhia." Allenby said. Then they started to talk about "the old times." Rhia wandered away, bored. She walked outside, to the practice arena. She didn't know what Domon Kasshu, the legendary King of Hearts, and her mother were talking about, but she wasn't interested. She wandered around her large garden, courtesy of Neo-Sweden, and got to a place she was forbidden to go to. She opened the door to the grotto, and stepped inside. The grotto was made of stone with a wood-plank roof. It was furnished with carved wooden furniture. Sandalwood logs were in the fireplace, and the chairs were inlaid with silver, but the only thing the interested her was the door. The Forbidden Wing was beyond the door. Her mother hadn't said anything about it; it was her father who had told her not to go in there. Rhia usually had no trouble following Moro's instructions, but the Wing had always intrigued her. Her hand tingled, so she absently rubbed it. Rhia moved toward the door, but then she heard her mother.
"Rhia! Rhia! C'mon out! Domon has invited us over to his house in Neo- Japan!" her mother called. A ball of fear welled up in Rhia's stomach as the tingling turned to burning and she fled the grotto. She found her mother soon after.
"Why are we going?" Rhia asked. The burning subsided.
"Rhia, you're going to be a Gundam fighter for Neo-Germany. Domon wants to talk about your Gundam." Allenby said.
"But Domon is the Neo-Japan fighter. Why would they call him?"
"He didn't know. But c'mon! Our plane leaves soon!"
They got to Domon's house in a couple of hours. Allenby knocked on the door.
"Hi Allenby!" Domon said when he opened the door.
"Hello Domon. This is my daughter, Rhia." Allenby said, motioning toward Rhia.
"So this is the fighter for Neo-Germany. Wonder why they picked such a shrimp." Domon said, a smile playing his lips.
Rhia didn't take the bait. "I heard Sai Sici was a shrimp. I also heard he almost whipped your butt in the 13th Gundam Tournament."
"The key word is almost." Domon said. Then he stood to one side. "But come in so we may chatter in peace."
Rhia and her mother walked in. The house was large and expensive like theirs. Rhia walked outside. No grotto. She wondered what her father did in that wing, why it was forbidden.
"So, where's your husband?"
"I could be asking the same about Rain."
"Rain's up in space, in the Neo-Germany colony, making the Luna Gundam."
"I hope it's nice."
"She said it would have some of the qualities of Burning Gundam."
"Then it'll be strong as well."
"She said she's only designing it, not really making it."
"I'll put the minimum output chip in so that when she goes into Hyper mode, she'll save some energy."
"If she goes into Hyper."
"You make it sound like such a remote possibility."
"That's because only five people besides me can go Hyper, and one's dead."
"I know that only the Shuffle Alliance has been able to go Hyper but..."
Rhia started to ignore the conversation; it became such a drone. She slumped against the wall, unable to keep her eyes open. Right before they closed, her hand started to tingle. Then she had the strangest dream.
"Is it ready yet?" one man asked. She didn't recognize him.
"Not yet, sir. We still have to wheedle the information out of him, then adjust it to her daughter. It will take some time." Another person, an assistant maybe, said.
"We don't have time! There are only two months left until the Tournament begins. You better have it and installed into her Gundam by then." the first man said. Then the scene switched.
She was in the cockpit of a Gundam, doing her best to dodge some little guns.
"Rose Bits!" she heard the other man shout. The shield of the other Gundam went up and small rose-shaped guns sped out. They made their way toward her, firing. Then she felt something. It was fast, lightning quick. Then she felt herself go faster, yet she was not herself. She was gone in a red haze, doing her ultimate best. She heard the scream, a male scream, and the red haze disappeared. The other Gundam had a hole where the cockpit should have been. In cold realization, she realized that somehow she had blasted the cockpit.
"George! No, George!" cried a female voice. She ran over to the toppled Gundam, weeping, her blonde hair done up in a pretty ponytail. Then she turned to Rhia. "You! You killed my husband! You killed George de Sand!"
"No." Rhia whispered.
"You killed him! He wanted nothing more than to defeat ten Gundams to get to the Tournament. But now he never can! You killed him!"
"No! NOOOO!"
"Rhia, Rhia! Rhia, wake up!" Allenby shouted, shaking her daughter. She had just let out a blood-curling scream. She had screamed NOOOO! And when Allenby and Domon rushed out to see what was wrong, they found her sobbing in her sleep. She had somehow fallen asleep against the wall of Domon's house. Rhia opened her eyes. The faces of her mother and Domon slowly swam into focus.
"I killed him. I killed him!" Rhia sobbed into her mother's breast.
"There, there, Rhia. Tell me about the dream you had." Allenby crooned.
"First--I was--listening--to two men--talk about--something." Rhia began haltingly.
"What were they talking about?" Domon asked.
"I--I don't know. Something--about wheedling--something out of--someone else--and adjusting it--to her daughter. Then---" Rhia would not go on, no matter how hard Allenby and Domon tried. Then she leaned against the wall, a hand clutched to her forehead. It was hurting nastily. And her hand was tingling again. And Domon and her mother just stared at her.
"Do you see what's on her hand, Domon?" Allenby asked.
"It's--It's a crest!" Domon exclaimed. "The Queen of Hearts?"
"But there isn't a Queen of Hearts in the Shuffle Alliance." Allenby said, puzzled.
"There is now. And whenever the crest is glowing, nothing good is happening." Domon said.
"Rhia, are you okay?" Allenby asked her daughter. The headache stopped hurting and her crest faded.
"Yah." Rhia whispered. The end of the dream relayed itself in her mind. "Who is George de Sand?"
"George? He's the Jack of Diamonds." Domon said.
"I had a dream..." Rhia began. "That I was in a Gundam, battling. Then--I can't explain it. In my mind, I was in a red haze. I was...practicing. Punching, kicking, moving, dodging. Then I did a special move--Lunar Canon, I think it was--and I heard a scream. The haze disappeared, and I learned that I had somehow put a hole through the Gundam I was fighting. I had put a hole--through the cockpit."
"But that would mean..." Domon said. Allenby shushed him.
"The Gundam toppled, and a woman came over. She had a blue dress on; blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. She started screaming and yelling at me- -about how I had killed her husband...George de Sand." Rhia said the last part in a whisper.
"In the red haze...did you feel...different?" Allenby asked.
"Yah. Faster, stronger, better. But it was like I was no longer in a Gundam, but in this field of red haze, like people were going to watch me and decide weather I would live or die. So I pushed myself to the limit. I think it was over 100%." Rhia said.
"The Berserker system." Allenby whispered.
"What?" Domon asked, appalled.
"What she described, it was almost like the Berserker system." Allenby whispered again. Then Rhia got the headache again, fiercer than before. It kept growing and growing, as did the glow of the crest on her hand, and the burning that came along. Then the pain was too much for her to take, and she fainted.
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well, peeps. Hope you liked it. Next chap up soon, I hope.
~*DarkDragon*~